CVE-2021-28644 HIGH

CVE-2021-28644: Adobe Acrobat SpellDictionaryCreate Path Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published September 6, 2023
Last update August 3, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by a Path traversal 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 6, 2023 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated