CVE-2018-5003

Q: How do I fix CVE-2018-5003?

Upgrade creative cloud to 4.5.5.342 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2018-5003 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2018-5003 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 4.9% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 91% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2018-5003?

CVE-2018-5003 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2018-5003 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for creative cloud (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 91th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 4.5.5.342 (installer) has an insecure library loading (dll hijacking) vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

CWE-426

How to fix

Remediation Available

creative cloudNVD

Affected:< 4.5.5.342Fixed in:4.5.5.342CVE-2018-5003derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.87%probability of exploitation in 30 days

91stpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

helpx.adobe.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-426 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-0096	High	9.3	71%	-	-
CVE-2016-10009	High	7.3	37%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0016	High	7.8	30%	-	-
CVE-2012-1854	High	7.8	21%	KEV	-
CVE-2018-12589	High	7.8	20%	-	-
CVE-2016-5330	High	7.8	18%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2018-5003?

Upgrade creative cloud to 4.5.5.342 or later.

Is CVE-2018-5003 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2018-5003 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 4.9% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 91% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2018-5003?

CVE-2018-5003 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2018-5003 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for creative cloud (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.