Privilege escalation in Adobe Captivate

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU55939

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36002

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to creation of temporary file in directory with incorrect permissions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Adobe Captivate: 11.5.5

External links

http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/captivate/apsb21-60.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.