Adobe Lightroom Classic Privilege escalation Vulnerability (APSB21-97) - Windows
🗓️ 27 Sep 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Lightroom Classic < 10.4 Privilege escalation (APSB21-97) | 29 Oct 202100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Adobe Lightroom Classic < 10.4 Privilege escalation (APSB21-97) (macOS) | 19 Sep 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| APSB21-97: Security update available for Adobe Lightroom Classic | 26 Oct 202100:00 | – | adobe | |
| The vulnerability of the Adobe Lightroom Classic graphic editor lies in the creation of temporary files with unsafe resolutions, which allows a violator to increase their privileges. | 17 Nov 202100:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Adobe Lightroom Classic 安全漏洞 | 27 Oct 202100:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| Adobe Lightroom Classic Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | 27 Oct 202100:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2021-40776 | 15 Jun 202218:35 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2021-40776 Adobe Lightroom Classic DLL Hijacking Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | 15 Jun 202218:35 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2021-27941 | 3 Oct 202520:07 | – | euvd | |
| Vulnerability fixed in Adobe Lightroom | 27 Oct 202100:00 | – | ncsc |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:adobe:lightroom_classic";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.826486");
script_version("2025-09-16T05:38:45+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-40776");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-16 05:38:45 +0000 (Tue, 16 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-10-25 21:15:00 +0000 (Tue, 25 Oct 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-09-27 21:02:01 +0530 (Tue, 27 Sep 2022)");
script_name("Adobe Lightroom Classic Privilege escalation Vulnerability (APSB21-97) - Windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Adobe Lightroom Classic is privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to Creation of Temporary
File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers
to escalate privileges on victim's system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Adobe Lightroom Classic 10.3 and earlier
versions on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Adobe Lightroom Classic 10.4 or
11.0 or later. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/lightroom/apsb21-97.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_adobe_lightroom_classic_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Adobe/Lightroom/Win/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less_equal(version:vers, test_version:"10.3")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"10.4 or 11.0 or later", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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16 Sep 2025 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 3.16.1
CVSS 26.6
EPSS0.0052