CVE-2021-40776 | BDVDB-2026-178142 Detail

AdobeLightroom Classic

Description#

Adobe Lightroom Classic 10.3 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Offline Lightroom Classic installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: physical.

Weaknesses#

CWE-379 Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions (CWE-379)

References#

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/lightroom/apsb21-97.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12022-06-15Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22025-04-23Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2022-06-15
Last modified: 2025-04-23

Vendor information

Vendor: Adobe
Product: Lightroom Classic

All Adobe vulnerabilities

Score

6.1 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 46.0.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
<= 10.3
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

6.1 Medium

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

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Physical
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).