High severity · published Jan 14, 2022
CVE-2021-44701
Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of…
7.8
CVSS
20.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could result in 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)20.9% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Acrobat · Adobe
20.001.30005 through 20.004.30017; 17.011.30180 through 17.011.30204 · source: NVD
AD
Acrobat DC · Adobe
21.001.20149 through 21.007.20099; 21.001.20149 through 21.007.20099 · source: NVD
AR
Acrobat Reader · Adobe
20.001.30005 through 20.004.30017; 17.011.30180 through 17.011.30204 · source: NVD
AR
Acrobat Reader DC · Adobe
21.001.20149 through 21.007.20099; 21.001.20149 through 21.007.20099 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44701
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44701
Patch
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-01.html
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