Local privilege escalation via uncontrolled search path
Published Aug 11, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
Uncontrolled search path handling in Adobe Premiere Elements 2020v20 and earlier allows local users to obtain administrator privileges. The public advisory does not identify the affected executable, library, path element, or exact unsafe lookup operation. A low-privileged account is required, no user interaction is needed, and successful exploitation grants administrative control over the host.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled search path handling in Adobe Premiere Elements 2020v20 and earlier allows local users to obtain administrator privileges. The public advisory does not identify the affected executable, library, path element, or exact unsafe lookup operation. A low-privileged account is required, no user interaction is needed, and successful exploitation grants administrative control over the host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-34235
- Published
- Aug 11, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- Premiere Elements
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574.008
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <=2020v20
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <=None
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