CVE-2021-36002

Adobe Captivate version 11.5.5 (and earlier) is affected by an Creation of Temporary File In Directory With Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. The attacker must plant a malicious file in a particular location of the victim's machine. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must launch the Captivate Installer.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2021-36002

• Assigner
• psirt@adobe.com

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2021-09-01T15:15:08

• Last Modified Date
• 2022-10-27T12:48:34

• Version
• 2.0

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

• Access Vector
• LOCAL

• Access Compatibility
• MEDIUM

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• PARTIAL

• Integrity Impact
• PARTIAL

• Availability Impact
• PARTIAL

• Base Score
• 4.4

• Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 3.4

• Impact Score
• 6.4

• Version
• 3.1

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack Vector
• LOCAL

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• LOW

• User Interaction
• REQUIRED

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• HIGH

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 7.3

• Base Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 1.3

• Impact Score
• 5.9