Adobe Genuine Service Installer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

published 2021-09-29 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-27874

cvss: 7.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Genuine Service versions 7.3 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the AGSService installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve read / write privileges to execute arbitrary code. User interaction is required to abuse this vulnerability.

Exploit prediction

1.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.0	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Adobe GoCart

Classification

Weakness

CWE-379 Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/integrity_service/apsb21-81.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-40708
NVD CVE-2021-40708

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Summary