CVE-2021-28560CWE-122

Adobe Acrobat Reader heap corruption vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution

High · published September 2, 2021

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High probability of exploitation

CVSS calls it high at 8.8. It sits in the 99.3th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
67%
Percentile
99.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2021.001.20150 (and earlier), 2020.001.30020 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30194 (and earlier) are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.66918 · 99.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2021-09-02T16:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 SEP 16:08Z
    Adobe Acrobat Reader heap corruption vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution
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