Bulletin ID
Last updated on
20 February 2025
Security updates available for Adobe Photoshop Elements | APSB25-13
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Date Published |
Priority |
|---|---|---|
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ASPB25-13 |
February 11, 2025 |
3 |
Summary
Adobe has released updates for Photoshop Elements for macOS. This update resolves an important vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation in the context of the current user.
Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for any of the issues addressed in these updates.
Affected Versions
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
|---|---|---|
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Photoshop Elements |
2025.0 [build: 20240918.PSE.cae27345, 20240918.PSE.d3263bae (Mac ARM) |
macOS (ARM) |
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users to download the new installer and upgrade their installations.
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
Priority |
Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Photoshop Elements |
2025.1 [build: 20250124.PSE.f552973b, 20250124.PSE.5345f07d (Mac ARM)] |
macOS (ARM) |
3 |
Note:
To verify the version of Photoshop Elements on your system, please follow the following steps:
- Help
- About Photoshop Elements menu
- The splash screen would show the current version and build number.
Vulnerability details
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Vulnerability Category |
Vulnerability Impact |
Severity |
CVSS base score |
CVE Numbers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions (CWE-379)
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Privilege escalation |
Important |
5.0 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
CVE-2025-21162 |
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following researchers for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- isaacordonez - CVE-2025-21162
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.
