CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-28597

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-06-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-06-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-379, CWE-668

Description

Adobe Photoshop Elements version 5.2 (and earlier) is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Affected configurations

• adobe photoshop elements (< 5.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-379 Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions weakness
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere weakness

References