CVE-2025-21162

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.003 · 24 %ileDEEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.31% (24th) EPSS
CVSS 5.5 · medium
Is it mine?
4 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Photoshop Elements versions 2025.0 and earlier are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

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cvss

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

5.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · psirt@adobe.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-379US
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affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2025-0322Adobe Photoshop Elements: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2025-02-11csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Adobe Photoshop Elements ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdcert_bundnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2025-02-11modified 2026-06-17
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references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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