CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-21611

7.8 HIGH Published 2023-01-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-01-18
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
Weaknesses
CWE-379, CWE-668

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation 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 <= 22.003.20282) • adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 22.003.20282) • adobe acrobat dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 22.003.20281) • adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 22.003.20281) • adobe acrobat (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.005.30418) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.005.30418)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-379 Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions weakness
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere weakness

References