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CVE-2021-28623

Adobe Premiere Elements Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Adobe Premiere 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 Premiere 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
  • 2024-09-16 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
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Adobe
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Premiere Elements
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< 5.3
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Affected
in Microsoft
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Windows
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Safe