Adobe Security Bulletin

Security update available for Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application | APSB25-95

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB25-95

October 14, 2025

3

Summary

Adobe has released an update for the Creative Cloud Desktop for macOS.  This update includes a fix for an important vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system write in the context of the current user.   

Affected Versions

Product

Affected version

Platform

Creative Cloud Desktop Application 

6.7.0.278 and earlier versions

macOS

Solution

Adobe categorizes this update with the following priority rating and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:

Product

Updated version

Platform

Priority rating

Availability

Creative Cloud Desktop Application

6.8.0.821

macOS

3

Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVSS base score 

CVE Numbers

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367)

Arbitrary file system write

Important

5.6

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2025-54271

Acknowledgments:

Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

  • Marcell Molnár (marcellmolnar) -- CVE-2025-54271

NOTE: Adobe has a public bug bounty program with HackerOne. If you are interested in working with Adobe as an external security researcher, please check out https://hackerone.com/adobe.

For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.


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