CVE-2016-6935

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 3.8.0.310 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-6935

Assigner
psirt@adobe.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2016-10-13T19:59:06

Last Modified Date
2016-11-28T20:35:31

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-428	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/428.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud::::::::	1	OR		3.7.0.272

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.2

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb16-34.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93489

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6935
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6935

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:03:51				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:39:13	2016-10-13T19:59Z	2016-10-13T19:59:06	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 11:39:13		2016-11-28T20:35:31	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 11:39:13		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated