CVE-2025-21162

medium

Description

Photoshop Elements versions 2025.0 and earlier are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop_elements/apsb25-13.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-02-11

Updated: 2025-07-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00019