CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-44714

3.3 LOW Published 2022-01-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-01-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
2.5 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
3.3 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-657

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 Violation of Secure Design Principles that could lead to a Security feature bypass. Acrobat Reader DC displays a warning message when a user clicks on a PDF file, which could be used by an attacker to mislead the user. In affected versions, this warning message does not include custom protocols when used by the sender. User interaction is required to abuse this vulnerability as they would need to click 'allow' on the warning message of a malicious file.

Affected configurations

• adobe acrobat dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.007.20099) • adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 21.007.20099) • adobe acrobat (>= 17.011.30059 <= 17.011.30204) • adobe acrobat (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.004.30017) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 17.011.30059 <= 17.011.30204) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.004.30017)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-657 Violation of Secure Design Principles weakness

References