CVE-2021-21041

moderate-risk
Published 2021-02-11

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free 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.

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12.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 87% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Adobe

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.html
Vendor Advisory https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.html
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 12/34 · Low
Exposure 10/34 · Low