Adobe Security Bulletin

Security hotfix available for Adobe Captivate | APSB21-06

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB21-06

January 12, 2021

3

Summary

Adobe has released a security hotfix for Adobe Captivate.  This hotfix addresses an important vulnerability.  Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation in the context of the current user.             

Affected versions

Product

Version

Platform

Adobe Captivate 2019

11.5.1.499 and earlier versions  

Windows 

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:

Product

Version

Platform

Priority

Availability

Adobe Captivate 2019   

Hotfix

Windows 

3

Note:

1.     Download Server.zip

2.     Unzip the file

3.     Replace the existing server.js file in “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 2019 x64\ns”

4.     Restart Adobe Captivate

Vulnerability details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVE Number

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Privilege Escalation 

Important

CVE-2021-21011

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank Xavier DANEST from Decathlon for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.

 Adobe

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