CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-36002

7.3 HIGH Published 2021-09-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-09-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-379, CWE-668

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• adobe captivate (<= 11.5.5)

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