Is CVE-2021-28623 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-28623 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-28623?

CVE-2021-28623 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-28623?

CVE-2021-28623 has an EPSS score of 0.48% (38th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-28623?

Upgrade premiere elements to 5.3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-28623

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Adobe Premiere Elements version 5.2 (and earlier) is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

CWE-379 CWE-668

How to fix

Remediation Available

premiere elementsNVD

Affected:< 5.3Fixed in:5.3CVE-2021-28623derived from NVD

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 RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.48%probability of exploitation in 30 days

38thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 38% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

helpx.adobe.com

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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.