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Medium · 6.2 CVE-2021-28597 EUVD-2021-15266GHSA-p6gc-38cf-8626

Adobe Photoshop Elements Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - symbolic link

Published Jun 28, 2021 · Updated Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by adobe

Description

Adobe Photoshop Elements version 5.2 (and earlier) is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Adobe Photoshop Elements unspecified – ≤ 5.2, unspecified – ≤ None —

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