CVE-2021-28547: Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application for macOS version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow a normal user to delete the OOBE directory and get permissions of any directory under the administrator authority.

Affected products

• Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application: up to and including 5.3

Published 2021-09-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.