CVE-2021-28644CWE-22

Adobe Acrobat SpellDictionaryCreate Path Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High · published September 6, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
33.3
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 a Path traversal 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
0.00402 · 33.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2023-09-06T13:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 SEP 13:08Z
    Adobe Acrobat SpellDictionaryCreate Path Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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