CVE-2021-21041: 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…

PriorityP344high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.96%

85.7th percentile

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 use-after-free 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.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	17.0 – 17.011.30188	—
adobe	acrobat	20.0 – 20.001.30018	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	<= 20.013.20074	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	17.0 – 17.011.30188	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	20.0 – 20.001.300183	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	unspecified – 2020.013.20074	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	<= 20.013.20074	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Stop checking back — get the weekly exploitation signal.

Every Monday: what got weaponized or added to CISA KEV in the last seven days — each CVE cross-linked to its PoC, Nuclei template, and detection rule. Free, one email a week, unsubscribe in one click.