Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-39828

Medium

Published: 27 September 2021

Published
27 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0101 77.5th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-39828 is a medium-severity Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions (CWE-379) vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions. Its CVSS base score is 5.8 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 22.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.11.187646 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Digital Editions installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

CWE(s)
CWE-379

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

adobe
digital editions
≤ 4.5.11.187646

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References