CVE-2021-21037 — Path Traversal in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-22 — Path Traversal3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
16.8%
top 5.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DC+1 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 11
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified — 2020.013.20074+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.0 — 17.011.30188+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc20.013.20074
▶NVDadobe/acrobat17.0 — 17.011.30188+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc20.013.20074

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xfrh-vq76-9w38: Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Acrobat Reader DC Path Traversal Vulnerability Could Lead To Arbitrary Code Execution↗2021-02-11
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