Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Creative Cloud Desktop Application - CVE-2020-3808
Published: March 24, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26350
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3808
CWE-ID:
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Creative Cloud Desktop Application
Creative Cloud Desktop Application
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to delete arbitrary file on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition. A remote attacker can delete arbitrary file on the system in security context of current user.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-3808
Install updates from vendor's website.