CVE-2021-21070 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Robohelp version 2020.0.3 (and earlier) is affected by an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation. An attacker with admin permissions to write to the file system could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Robohelp
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:robohelp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/robohelp/apsb21-20.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2021-04-19T12:28:23.697630Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:59:25.211Z

Reserved: 2020-12-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-21070

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-19T13:15:15.137

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:47:30.610

Link: CVE-2021-21070

Redhat

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