CVE-2021-28597 describes an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop Elements version 5.2 and earlier, impacting both Windows and macOS platforms. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform high-privileged actions against the installer without user interaction, by leveraging local access to call functions. While the potential impact is high integrity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.2CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop_elements:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop_elements:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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