CVE-2025-54271 Creative Cloud Desktop | Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367)
A low-privileged attacker can exploit a race condition to perform arbitrary file system writes 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-2025-54271?
CVE-2025-54271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop, published on 15 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Creative Cloud Desktop versions 6.7.0.278 and earlier are affected by a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system write. A low-privileged attacker could exploit the timing between the check and use of a resource, potentially allowing unauthorized modifications to files. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54271?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Creative Cloud.
How do I fix CVE-2025-54271?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54271 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-54271 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54271 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop
- CVE-2020-9669 Privilege escalation in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application
- CVE-2019-8236 Privilege escalation in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop application
- CVE-2019-7958 Privilege escalation in Creative Cloud Desktop Application
- CVE-2019-7959 Supply chain in Creative Cloud Desktop Application
- CVE-2018-12829 Security feature bypass in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 4.6.1
Sources
Also known as GHSA-45vw-7wgw-wvc6.