CVE-2018-5003
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 4.5.5.342 (installer) has an insecure library loading (dll hijacking) vulnerability.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 4.5.5.342 (installer) has an insecure library loading (dll hijacking) vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.87% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Affected
- adobe/creative cloud
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS moved from 6.2% on 21 September 2026 to 4.9% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105065Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041469Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb18-20.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105065Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041469Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb18-20.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.