CVE-2021-40708 Adobe Genuine Service Installer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

What is CVE-2021-40708?

CVE-2021-40708 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe GoCart, published on 29 Sep 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 Genuine Service versions 7.3 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the AGSService installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve read / write privileges to execute arbitrary code. User interaction is required to abuse this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-379

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-40708?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Adobe Genuine Service.

How do I fix CVE-2021-40708?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-40708 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-40708 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-40708 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe GoCart

• CVE-2020-9668 AGSService program mishandling symbolic links High 7.8
• CVE-2020-9667 Uncontrolled Search Path Element in AGSService.exe Medium 6.5
• CVE-2020-9681 Adobe Genuine Service privilege escalation vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2021-28568 Adobe Genuine Services insecure file permission could lead to privilege escalation Medium 5.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4c7q-995f-pxpc.