CVE-2021-40776
Adobe Lightroom Classic DLL Hijacking Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Adobe Lightroom Classic 10.3 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Offline Lightroom Classic installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.
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 Lightroom Classic DLL Hijacking Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Adobe Lightroom Classic 10.3 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Offline Lightroom Classic installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2021-40776- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-379
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-27941
Adobe Lightroom Classic 10.3 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Offline Lightroom Classic installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2021-27941- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-94qm-cpmj-pvcv
Adobe Lightroom Classic 10.3 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability...
Adobe Lightroom Classic 10.3 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Offline Lightroom Classic installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-94qm-cpmj-pvcv- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-379
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Adobe Lightroom Classic 10.3 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Offline Lightroom Classic installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2021-40776- 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 2.0
- 6.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - 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-2021-40776 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Adobe Lightroom, published June 15, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.