CVE-2016-4158· NVD / CVE Program· CNA adobe

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 3.7.0.272 on Windows allows local users to gai

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 3.7.0.272 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory.

HighCVSS 7.3 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded

Local privilege escalation

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Published: Jun 16, 2016
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
EPSS: 3.0% · 87th percentile
CWE: CWE-264

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CVSS: 29 / 40 · 7.3 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 1 / 30 · 3.0%

Affected systems

Vendor	Product	CPE
adobe	creative cloud	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud
microsoft	windows	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

adobe creative cloudup to 3.6.0.248 inclusive
microsoft windowsall versions

Same product

adobe: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2019-7959Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.6.1 and earlier have a using components with known vulnerabilities vulnerability.
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CVE-2018-12829Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 4.6.1 has an improper certificate validation vulnerability.
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CVE-2020-9669Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a lack of exploit mitigations vulnerability.
40Plan
CVE-2019-8236Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 4.6.1 and earlier versions have Security Bypass vulnerability.
40Plan
CVE-2019-7958Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.6.1 and earlier have an insecure inherited permissions vulnerability.
40Plan
CVE-2018-4991Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.4.1.298 and earlier have an exploitable Improper certificate validation vulnerability.
40Plan

Remediation

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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