CVE-2020-9682
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 arbitrary file system write.
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 arbitrary file system write.
- Record
CVE-2020-9682- 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
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - 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 arbitrary file system write.
- Record
CVE-2020-9682- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-30466 No score
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary file system write.
- Record
EUVD-2020-30466- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v9pw-w8q4-wvjx 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 arbitrary file system write.
- Record
GHSA-v9pw-w8q4-wvjx- Weakness
- CWE-59
- 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-2020-9682 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application, published July 17, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.31%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.