Adobe Creative Cloud < 6.11 Privilege escalation (APSB26-135)

high Nessus Plugin ID 372472

Synopsis

The Adobe Creative Cloud instance installed on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of Adobe Creative Cloud installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 6.11. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the APSB26-135 advisory.

- Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427) potentially leading to Privilege escalation (CVE-2026-104349)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Creative Cloud version 6.11 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 372472

File Name: adobe_creative_cloud_apsb26-135.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/27/2026

Updated: 10/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.57

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-104349

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:creative_cloud

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Creative Cloud

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-104349

CWE: 427

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