Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions in Creative Cloud Desktop Application - CVE-2021-43017

 

Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions in Creative Cloud Desktop Application - CVE-2021-43017

Published: November 9, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58076
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43017
CWE-ID: CWE-378
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Creative Cloud Desktop Application

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to creation of temporary file with insecure permissions. A local user can crash the application.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-43017

Install updates from vendor's website.

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