Adobe Photoshop Installer was affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability that could have resulted in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could have exploited this vulnerability by placing a malicious library in a directory searched by the installer. Exploitation of this issue required user interaction in that a victim must have been running the installer. Scope is changed.
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| Description | Adobe Photoshop Installer was affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability that could have resulted in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could have exploited this vulnerability by placing a malicious library in a directory searched by the installer. Exploitation of this issue required user interaction in that a victim must have been running the installer. Scope is changed. | |
| Title | Photoshop Installer | CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-427 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: adobe
Published: 2026-07-28T17:46:26.236Z
Updated: 2026-07-28T19:35:18.940Z
Reserved: 2026-05-21T15:28:38.143Z
Link: CVE-2026-48388
Updated: 2026-07-28T19:35:12.238Z
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