Is CVE-2021-28594 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-28594 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-28594?

CVE-2021-28594 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-28594?

CVE-2021-28594 has an EPSS score of 2.69% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-28594?

Upgrade CreativeCloud to 2.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-28594

HIGHEPSS 84th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application (installer) version 2.4 (and earlier) is affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CWE-427

How to fix

Remediation Available

CreativeCloudWindows application

Affected:2.5Fixed in:2.5Adobe Inc.

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.69%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

helpx.adobe.com

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CVE-2024-48990	High	7.8	20%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-9491	High	7.8	13%	-	-
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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.