CVE-2021-28641CWE-416

Adobe Acrobat Reader Use-After-Free Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

High · published August 20, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
4%
Percentile
91.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

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
0.04331 · 91.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2021-08-20T18:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 AUG 18:10Z
    Adobe Acrobat Reader Use-After-Free Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
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