CVE-2018-4873
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.4.1.298 and earlier have an exploitable Unquoted Search Path vulnerability.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.4.1.298 and earlier have an exploitable Unquoted Search Path vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to local privilege escalation.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.08% probability · 65th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-428
- Affected
- adobe/creative cloud
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 1.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104103Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040860Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb18-12.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104103Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040860Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb18-12.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.