High severity · published Sep 8, 2021
CVE-2021-21104
Adobe Illustrator version 25.2 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file
8.8
CVSS
6.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe Illustrator version 25.2 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to remote code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.6% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IL
Illustrator · Adobe
through 25.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21104
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21104
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb21-24.html
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