CVE-2019-8236

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 23, 2019 at 08:46 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCreative Cloud· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 4.6.1 and earlier versions have Security Bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to Privilege Escalation in the context of the current user.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 4.6.1
apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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