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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2021-08-20T18:09:58.719860Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:27:46.743Z

Reserved: 2021-03-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-28636

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-08-20T19:15:09.223

Modified: 2021-08-31T16:24:11.220

Link: CVE-2021-28636

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