CVE-2020-9670
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability...
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2020-9670- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2020-9670- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-30454 No score
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.
- Record
EUVD-2020-30454- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f35f-35hv-6fqx No score
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability...
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.
- Record
GHSA-f35f-35hv-6fqx- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-9670 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application, published July 16, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.55%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.