CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-21100

Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

Published: Apr 15, 2021 | Modified: Sep 08, 2021
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Adobe Digital Editions version 4.5.11.187245 (and earlier) is affected by a Privilege Escalation vulnerability during installation. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary file system write in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Weakness

The product creates a temporary file in a directory whose permissions allow unintended actors to determine the file’s existence or otherwise access that file.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Digital_editions Adobe * 4.5.11.187245 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References