Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Creative Cloud Desktop Application - CVE-2020-9671
Published: July 16, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30122
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-2020-9671
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 insecure file permissions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Creative Cloud Desktop Application
How to mitigate CVE-2020-9671
Install updates from vendor's website.
Creative Cloud Desktop Application - update to 5.2.0.436