CVE-2021-39828 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Digital Editions
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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

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

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb21-80.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2021-09-27T15:43:26.854272Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T04:19:41.155Z

Reserved: 2021-08-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-39828

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-27T16:15:10.247

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:20:19.533

Link: CVE-2021-39828

Redhat

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