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CVE-2017-3006

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3006 is a critical vulnerability in Adobe Thor versions 3.9.5.353 and earlier, impacting Creative Cloud desktop applications on both Adobe and Microsoft Windows platforms. This flaw stems from improper resource permissions during installation, allowing for local privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk, as an attacker with low privileges can achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-41878) exists, and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.9.5.353CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41878 · Apr 13, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1082 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org / advisories/ADOBE-CREATIVE-CLOUD-PRIVILEGE-ESCALATION.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/creative-cloud/apsb17-13.html
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41878
securityfocus.com / bid/97555
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry