Adobe Security Bulletin

Security Update Available for Adobe InCopy | APSB21-05

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB21-05

January 12, 2021

3

Summary

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe InCopy.  This update addresses a critical vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.                       

Affected versions

Product

Affected version

Platform

Adobe InCopy  

15.1.3 and earlier versions  

Windows 

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority rating and recommends users update their software installations via the Creative Cloud desktop app updater, or by navigating to the InCopy Help menu and clicking "Updates." For more information, please reference this help page.

Product

Updated version

Platform

Priority rating

Availability

Adobe InCopy   

16.0

Windows 

3

Adobe InCopy   

15.1.4

Windows and macOS

3

For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Creative Cloud Packager to create deployment packages. Refer to this help page for more information.

Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVE Number

Uncontrolled search path element

Arbitrary code execution

Critical 

CVE-2021-21010  

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank Saurabh Kumar for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.  

Revision

September 30, 2021:  Added N-1 version details under the solution section.

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