{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21070 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-21070 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-21070 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp, published on 19 Apr 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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-21070 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-21070 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp, published on 19 Apr 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21070 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Adobe RoboHelp. 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-2021-21070/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21070/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-21070","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21070/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-21070","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-whpp-mq64-qp2q"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Adobe RoboHelp","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"An attacker with file system write access can exploit an uncontrolled search path to escalate privileges in Adobe RoboHelp.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"adobe","cpe":[{"product":"robohelp","vendor":"adobe"}],"cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element"}],"description":"Adobe Robohelp version 2020.0.3 (and earlier) is affected by an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation. An attacker with admin permissions to write to the file system could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges.","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":"Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp","id":"CVE-2021-21070","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Adobe Animate memory corruption vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-21071"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Adobe Creative Cloud Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-21069"},"products":["RoboHelp"],"published":"2021-04-19","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2013-5327","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2013-10-09"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-1035","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-04-12"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Adobe RoboHelp Reflected XSS could lead to Arbitrary code execution","id":"CVE-2022-23201","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-07-15"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Adobe RoboHelp RH2017.0.1 and earlier versions","id":"CVE-2017-3104","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-12-01"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Open redirect in Adobe RoboHelp RH2017.0.1 and earlier versions","id":"CVE-2017-3105","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-12-01"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Adobe RoboHelp 2015.0.3 and earlier, RoboHelp 11 and earlier","id":"CVE-2016-7891","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-12-15"}],"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":"An attacker with file system write access can exploit an uncontrolled search path to escalate privileges in Adobe RoboHelp.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21070/"}