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High severity · published Sep 6, 2023
CVE-2021-28644
Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by a Path traversal vulnerability
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by a Path traversal vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary 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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Acrobat · Adobe
17.011.30180 before 17.011.30199; 20.001.30005 before 20.004.30006 · source: NVD
AD
Acrobat DC · Adobe
15.007.20033 before 21.005.20058 · source: NVD
AR
Acrobat Reader · Adobe
17.011.30180 before 17.011.30199; 20.001.30005 before 20.004.30006 · source: NVD
AR
Acrobat Reader DC · Adobe
15.007.20033 before 21.005.20058 · source: NVD
Affected product
AC
Acrobat
Adobe
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28644
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28644
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-51.html
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