Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application
Priority LOW 29CWE-367Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.0 and earlier have a time-of-check to time-of-use (toctou) race condition vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary file deletion.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01388 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe | Creative Cloud Desktop Application | Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Creative Cloud Desktop Application VendorAdobe Affected Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-3808
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5pm7-fp9j-32h8
More Adobe Creative Cloud vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-05637 Improper input validation in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-02226 Incorrect permission assignment in Adobe Thor 3.9.5.353 and earlier. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2018-09203 Improper certificate validation in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 4.6.1 CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-05636 Incorrect permission assignment in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-03559 Improper certificate validation in Creative Cloud Desktop Application 4.4.1.298 and… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-07756 Improper privilege management in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-3808 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-3808 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5pm7-fp9j-32h8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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