Is CVE-2021-35982 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-35982 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-35982?

CVE-2021-35982 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-35982?

CVE-2021-35982 has an EPSS score of 1.72% (75th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2021-35982?

No published fix for CVE-2021-35982 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-35982

HIGHEPSS 75th pctl

7.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. A local attacker with non-administrative privileges can plant a malicious DLL to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user via DLL hijacking. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

CWE-427

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.72%probability of exploitation in 30 days

75thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 75% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

helpx.adobe.com

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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.