CVE-2021-28597

Adobe Photoshop Elements Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - symbolic link

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Adobe Photoshop Elements versiones 5.2 (y anteriores) está afectada por una vulnerabilidad de creación de archivos temporales no seguros. Un atacante no autenticado podría aprovechar esta vulnerabilidad para llamar a funciones contra el instalador para llevar a cabo acciones con altos privilegios. Una explotación de este problema no requiere la interacción del usuario

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-03-16 CVE Reserved
2021-06-28 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-379: Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions
CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop_elements/apsb21-46.html	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Photoshop Elements Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Photoshop Elements"	< 5.3 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Photoshop Elements" and version " < 5.3"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Macos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Macos"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Photoshop Elements Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Photoshop Elements"	< 5.3 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Photoshop Elements" and version " < 5.3"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe