# CVE-2016-4157: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can gain privileges via a Trojan horse resource in the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application installer due to an untrusted search path.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jun 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cw7p-pj6q-fmg8

## What is CVE-2016-4157?

CVE-2016-4157 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jun 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 3.7.0.272 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse resource in an unspecified directory.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4157?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Adobe Creative Cloud.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-4157?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-4157 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-4157 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4157 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-9669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9669/): Privilege escalation in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-8236](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-8236/): Privilege escalation in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop application (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-7958](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7958/): Privilege escalation in Creative Cloud Desktop Application (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-7959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7959/): Supply chain in Creative Cloud Desktop Application (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-12829](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12829/): Security feature bypass in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 4.6.1 (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-4157 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-4157 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jun 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4157 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4157/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4157/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4157
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4157
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4157

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4157/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.