CVE-2021-28635
moderate-risk
Published 2021-08-20
Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (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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17.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 82% 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
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7
CVSS 7.8/10
High
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (4)
Affected Vendors
47
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
13/34 · Low
Exposure
10/34 · Low