CVE-2021-40708

HighCVSS 7.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Adobe Genuine Service versions 7.3 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the AGSService installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve read / write privileges to execute arbitrary code. User interaction is required to abuse this vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-379

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 29, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-40708: High severity, CVSS 7.3 | Vulnix