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CVE-2021-28597

Adobe Photoshop Elements version 5.2 (and earlier) is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Published

2021-06-28T15:15:23.683

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:59:55.347

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-379
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-668
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application adobe photoshop_elements < 5.3 Yes
Operating System apple macos - No
Operating System microsoft windows - No
References