{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21069 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-21069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-21069 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21069 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Adobe Creative Cloud (desktop component). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21069/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21069/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-21069","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21069/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-21069","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-h3f9-x7c2-q5h9"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Adobe Creative Cloud","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges by calling installer functions in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application without user interaction.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"adobe","cpe":[{"product":"creative_cloud_desktop_application","vendor":"adobe"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-20","name":"Improper Input Validation"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Adobe Creative Cloud Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-21069","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp","id":"CVE-2021-21070"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Adobe Creative Cloud installer arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-21068"},"products":["Creative Cloud (desktop component)"],"published":"2021-03-12","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application","id":"CVE-2020-9671","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-07-17"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Path traversal in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application","id":"CVE-2020-9682","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-07-17"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Path traversal in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application","id":"CVE-2020-9670","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-07-16"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Creative Cloud Desktop | Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427)","id":"CVE-2026-48272","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"GoCart | Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367)","id":"CVE-2026-48344","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Adobe Creative Cloud Incorrect Permission Assignment Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-43019","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-11-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Adobe Creative Cloud for macOS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-28547","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-09-29"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-04-23","vendors":["Adobe"]},"summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges by calling installer functions in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application without user interaction.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21069/"}