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CVE-2021-43019

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 2.11% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-11-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
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CVE
CVE-2021-43019
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
2.11%

Original NVD Description

Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the resources leveraged by the Setup.exe service. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to remove files and escalate privileges under the context of SYSTEM . An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability on the product installer. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.