Untrusted Search Path
CVE-2023-26358
Summary
Creative Cloud version 5.9.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute their own programs, access unauthorized data files, or modify configuration in unexpected ways. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, then an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. The problem extends to any type of critical resource that the application trusts.
- LOW
- LOCAL
- HIGH
- UNCHANGED
- REQUIRED
- NONE
- HIGH
- HIGH
CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
The application searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the application's direct control.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published