CVE-2021-43017

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 Medium 4.2
Description
Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by an Application denial of service vulnerability in the Creative Cloud Desktop installer. An authenticated attacker with root privileges could leverage this vulnerability to achieve denial of service by planting a malicious file on the victim's local machine. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-43017
  • Assigner
  • psirt@adobe.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-11-18T19:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-02-02T13:05:16
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-379 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/379.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.5
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 3.5
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 6.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 4.2
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.6
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.html Patch Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43017
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43017
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:34:47 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 14:51:30 2021-11-18T19:15Z 2021-11-18T19:15:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 14:51:30 2022-02-02T13:05:16 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 14:51:30 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated