CVE-2021-28597 Adobe Photoshop Elements Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - symbolic link
An attacker can exploit insecure temporary file creation to perform high-privileged actions via the installer without user interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-28597?
CVE-2021-28597 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop Elements, published on 28 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Adobe Photoshop Elements version 5.2 (and earlier) is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-28597?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Photoshop Elements.
How do I fix CVE-2021-28597?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-28597 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-28597 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-28597 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Photoshop Elements
- CVE-2011-2443 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2021-39825 Adobe Photoshop Elements Edit 2021 TTF Font Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2009-3489 Privilege escalation in n/a
- CVE-2025-21162 Photoshop Elements | Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions (CWE-379)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p6gc-38cf-8626.