CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-35983
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
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 Use-after-free 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.
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-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-51.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-51.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory