CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-28636

7.3 HIGH Published 2021-08-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-08-20
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
8.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-427

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. An attacker with access to the victim's C:/ folder 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.

Affected configurations

• adobe acrobat dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.005.20054) • adobe acrobat dc (>= 17.011.30059 <= 17.011.30197) • adobe acrobat dc (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.004.30005) • adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.005.20054) • adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 17.011.30059 <= 17.011.30197) • adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.004.30005)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References