Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Creative Cloud Desktop Application - CVE-2020-9669
Published: July 16, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30121
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9669
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Creative Cloud Desktop Application
How to mitigate CVE-2020-9669
Install updates from vendor's website.
Creative Cloud Desktop Application - update to 5.2.0.436