CVE-2021-28642CWE-787

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Out-of-Bounds Write Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

High · published August 20, 2021

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
4%
Percentile
89.7
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 Out-of-bounds write 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
0.03710 · 89.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2021-08-20T18:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 AUG 18:10Z
    Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Out-of-Bounds Write Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
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