Adobe Premiere Elements Uncontrolled Search Path Element Privilege Escalation

published 2022-08-11 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-37204

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Premiere Elements version 2020v20 (and earlier) is affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element which could lead to Privilege Escalation. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to obtain admin using an existing low-privileged user. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Patch / fix

links 1

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_elements/apsb22-43.html advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-23)

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Adobe Premiere Elements

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/premiere_elements/apsb22-43.html
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-34235
NVD CVE-2022-34235

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Summary