CVE-2021-21089 LOW

CVE-2021-21089: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC URI Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-125
Published September 30, 2021
Last update September 16, 2024

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds Read vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to locally escalate privileges 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

September 30, 2021 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated