CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-40728
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-10-15
- 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
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20095 (and earlier), 21.007.20096 (and earlier), 20.004.30015 (and earlier), and 17.011.30202 (and earlier) is affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of the GetURL function on a global object window 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.
Affected configurations
• adobe acrobat dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.007.20095)
• adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.007.20095)
• adobe acrobat dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.007.20096)
• adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.007.20096)
• adobe acrobat (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.004.30015)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.004.30015)
• adobe acrobat (>= 17.011.30158 <= 17.011.30202)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 17.011.30158 <= 17.011.30202)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-104.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-104.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory