CVE-2021-44701
moderate-risk
Published 2022-01-14
Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could result in 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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22.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 77% 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
48
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
14/34 · Moderate
Exposure
10/34 · Low