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CVE-2021-21056

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Adobe Framemaker version 2020.0.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. 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.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available
framemakerNVD
Affected:< 2020.0.2Fixed in:2020.0.2CVE-2021-21056derived from NVD

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

21.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days
97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

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CVE-2020-8794Critical9.889%-Fix
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.