CVE-2021-21061 LOW

CVE-2021-21061: Acrobat Pro DC Use-After-Free Vulnerability Could Lead to Information Disclosure

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-416
Published February 11, 2021
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

3.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Acrobat Pro 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 when parsing a specially crafted PDF file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 11, 2021 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated