High severity · published Oct 21, 2020
CVE-2020-24422
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.2 (and earlier) and 2.1 (and earlier) for Windows is affected by an uncontrolled search path vulnerability that could result in…
7.8
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.2 (and earlier) and 2.1 (and earlier) for Windows is affected by an uncontrolled search path vulnerability that could result in 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CC
Creative Cloud · Adobe
through 2.1; 5.0 through 5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24422
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24422
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb20-68.html
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