CVE-2021-35983 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.56839.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Adobe Subscribe	Acrobat Dc Subscribe Acrobat Reader Dc Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-51.html

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2021-08-20T18:10:05.619326Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:40:37.527Z

Reserved: 2021-06-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-35983

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-20T19:15:09.827

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:12:53.430

Link: CVE-2021-35983

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-416

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