CVE-2021-39829 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Framemaker versions 2019 Update 8 (and earlier) and 2020 Release Update 2 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability 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 PDF file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

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 0.04154.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Adobe Subscribe	Framemaker Subscribe
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-26186	Adobe Framemaker versions 2019 Update 8 (and earlier) and 2020 Release Update 2 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability 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 PDF file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/framemaker/apsb21-74.html

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2021-09-29T15:37:18.576Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T19:26:05.845Z

Reserved: 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-39829

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:20:33.413Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-29T16:15:08.107

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:20:19.680

Link: CVE-2021-39829

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787

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