CVE-2021-21011 Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Adobe Captivate 2019

What is CVE-2021-21011?

CVE-2021-21011 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Captivate, published on 13 Jan 2021. 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

Adobe Captivate 2019 version 11.5.1.499 (and earlier) is affected by an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation. An attacker with permissions to write to the file system could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges.

Weakness: CWE-427

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21011?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Adobe Captivate.

How do I fix CVE-2021-21011?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-21011 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-21011 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21011 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Captivate

• CVE-2017-3098 Path traversal in Adobe Captivate 9 and earlier. Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-3191 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2017-3087 Information disclosure in Adobe Captivate 9 and earlier. High 7.5
• CVE-2005-4708 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.2
• CVE-2021-36002 Privilege escalation in Captivate Medium 5.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8h8c-92jm-7x7x.