CVE-2021-43017

lowpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.012 · 67 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.17% (67th) EPSS

CVSS 3.5 · low

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by an Application denial of service vulnerability in the Creative Cloud Desktop installer. An authenticated attacker with root privileges could leverage this vulnerability to achieve denial of service by planting a malicious file on the victim's local machine. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–4.2

v2.03.5lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.8 · impact 2.9

v3.14.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.6 · impact 3.6

v3.14.2mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · psirt@adobe.comexploitability 0.6 · impact 3.6

v3.13.9lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-379USCWE-379US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Adobe GoCart≤ unspecified ≤5.5enisa_euvdEU
Adobe GoCart≤ unspecified ≤Noneenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Creative Cloud Desktop Application≤ 5.6fstec_bduRU
adobe creative cloud desktop application≤ 5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-11-18modified 2026-06-17

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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