CVE-2021-21068
Adobe Creative Cloud installer arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a file handling vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause arbitrary file overwriting. Exploitation of this issue requires physical access and user interaction.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Adobe Creative Cloud installer arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a file handling vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause arbitrary file overwriting. Exploitation of this issue requires physical access and user interaction.
- Record
CVE-2021-21068- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-379
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-8459
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a file handling vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause arbitrary file overwriting. Exploitation of this issue requires physical access and user interaction.
- Record
EUVD-2021-8459- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jxwm-wcqc-fgcc No score
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a file handling...
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a file handling vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause arbitrary file overwriting. Exploitation of this issue requires physical access and user interaction.
- Record
GHSA-jxwm-wcqc-fgcc- Weakness
- CWE-379
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a file handling vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause arbitrary file overwriting. Exploitation of this issue requires physical access and user interaction.
- Record
CVE-2021-21068- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-379
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-21068 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application, published March 12, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.