CVE-2021-21068 (GCVE-0-2021-21068)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-03-12 18:12
Modified
2025-04-23 19:43
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-379 - Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions ()
Summary
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a file handling vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause arbitrary file overwriting. Exploitation of this issue requires physical access and user interaction.
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe | Creative Cloud (desktop component) |
Version: unspecified < Version: unspecified < |
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Nomenclature
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