FKIE_CVE-2021-21011

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-01-13 23:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:34
Severity
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Adobe Captivate 2019 version 11.5.1.499 (and earlier) is affected by an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation. An attacker with permissions to write to the file system could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges.
References
psirt@adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/captivate/apsb21-06.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/captivate/apsb21-06.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
adobe captivate *
microsoft windows -
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