CVE-2021-21069 Adobe Creative Cloud Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Local attackers can escalate privileges by calling installer functions in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application without user interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-21069?
CVE-2021-21069 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud (desktop component), published on 12 Mar 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21069?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application.
How do I fix CVE-2021-21069?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-21069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-21069 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21069 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Creative Cloud (desktop component)
- CVE-2020-9671 Privilege escalation in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application
- CVE-2020-9682 Path traversal in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application
- CVE-2020-9670 Path traversal in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application
- CVE-2026-48272 Creative Cloud Desktop | Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427)
- CVE-2026-48344 GoCart | Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h3f9-x7c2-q5h9.