CVE-2021-36002CWE-379

Adobe Captivate Installer Creation of Temporary File In Directory With Incorrect Permissions Could Lead To Privilege Escalation

Medium · published September 1, 2021

CVSS v3.1
5.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Adobe Captivate version 11.5.5 (and earlier) is affected by an Creation of Temporary File In Directory With Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. The attacker must plant a malicious file in a particular location of the victim's machine. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must launch the Captivate Installer.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00512 · 42.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-379 · Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions
Published
2021-09-01T14:29Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 SEP 14:29Z
    Adobe Captivate Installer Creation of Temporary File In Directory With Incorrect Permissions Could Lead To Privilege Escalation
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