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CVE-2021-35980

HIGH
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
Adobe Acrobat 2020Windows application
Affected:17.011.30180 17.011.30199Fixed in:17.011.30199
Affected:20.001.30005 20.004.30006Fixed in:20.004.30006
Adobe Acrobat ProWindows application
Affected:20.001.30005 20.004.30006Fixed in:20.004.30006
Affected:17.011.30180 17.011.30199Fixed in:17.011.30199
Adobe Acrobat Reader (32-bit)Windows application
Affected:15.007.20033 21.005.20058Fixed in:21.005.20058
Adobe Acrobat Reader (64-bit)Windows application
Affected:15.007.20033 21.005.20058Fixed in:21.005.20058

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days
31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% 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.