Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.11.187646 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Digital Editions installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb21-80.html
Source: MITRE
Published: 2021-09-27
Updated: 2021-10-01
Type: CWE-379
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Impact Score: 6.4
Exploitability Score: 8.6
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 0.6
Severity: MEDIUM