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CVE-2021-28636

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Publication date:
20/08/2021
Last modified:
31/08/2021

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. An attacker with access to the victim's C:/ folder 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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.30 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.30
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
8.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* 15.008.20082 (including) 21.005.20054 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* 17.011.30059 (including) 17.011.30197 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* 20.001.30005 (including) 20.004.30005 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* 15.008.20082 (including) 21.005.20054 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* 17.011.30059 (including) 17.011.30197 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* 20.001.30005 (including) 20.004.30005 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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