CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-28546

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are missing support for an integrity check. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to modify content in a certified PDF without invalidating the certification. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open the tampered file.

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.42%probability of exploitation in 30 days
70thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 70% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1
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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.