CVE-2024-20754: Lightroom Desktop | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
Description
Lightroom Desktop versions 7.1.2 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, then an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-20754
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
Affected Products
Vendor: Adobe
Product: Lightroom Desktop
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 30.65% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)