CVE-2021-39828

Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.11.187646 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Digital Editions installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.6 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb21-80.html	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:digital_editions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-09-27 16:15

Updated : 2021-10-01 12:39

NVD link : CVE-2021-39828

Mitre link : CVE-2021-39828

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-39828

JSON object : View

Products Affected

adobe

digital_editions

apple

macos

CWE

CWE-379

Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

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