TI-2021-19087 Aliases CVE-2021-43019 GHSA-wxwj-m72v-qhcr

Adobe Creative Cloud Incorrect Permission Assignment Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

MEDIUM 40CWE-732Published 2021-11-23 · Updated 2025-04-23

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the resources leveraged by the Setup.exe service. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to remove files and escalate privileges under the context of SYSTEM . An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability on the product installer. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.02178 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Adobe	Creative Cloud (desktop component)	up to 5.5; up to None	—	No fix listed	CNA

Creative Cloud (desktop component) VendorAdobe Affected up to 5.5; up to None Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application::::::::	up to 5.5	Vulnerable	Adobe
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Apple

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.5 Vulnerable ·Adobe
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Apple

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-43019
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wxwj-m72v-qhcr

References

Patch 1

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

TI-2020-07769 Link following in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-07758 Incorrect permission assignment in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-07757 Link following in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-04175 Adobe Creative Cloud Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2021-09666 Creative Cloud Desktop installer Uncontrolled Search Path element could lead to arbitrary code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2022-07354 Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Uncontrolled Search Path Element Arbitrary code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0

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Sources

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