CVE-2021-21041CWE-416

Acrobat Reader DC Use-After-Free Vulnerability Could Lead To Arbitrary Code Execution

High · published February 11, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by a 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03061 · 87.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2021-02-11T19:42Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 FEB 19:42Z
    Acrobat Reader DC Use-After-Free Vulnerability Could Lead To Arbitrary Code Execution
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