CVE record · CVE-2021-43019

Adobe Creative Cloud Incorrect Permission Assignment Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.022 · 82nd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: adobe) at 23 Nov 2021, 18:03 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	Creative Cloud (desktop component)	affected unspecified to 5.5, inclusive custom affected unspecified to None, inclusive custom

Identifiers: CVE-2021-43019
CNA: adobe
Weakness (CWE): CWE-732
Tags: Adobe Creative Cloud (desktop component)
Broken access control
Published: 23 Nov 2021
Updated: 23 Apr 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (adobe)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.022, the 82nd percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 23 Nov 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.html

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