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CVE-2021-36002

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-36002 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Adobe Captivate version 11.5.5 and earlier, stemming from the creation of temporary files in directories with incorrect permissions. Exploitation requires an attacker to plant a malicious file and user interaction to launch the Captivate Installer. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.3 (HIGH), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and privileges required, but requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.5.5CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:captivate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.0MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 759 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/captivate/apsb21-60.html
PatchVendor Advisory