CVE-2021-21045

published 2021-02-11

CVE-2021-21045: 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 improper…

Priority P3 42 high 8.2 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI R S C C H I H A H

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 improper access control vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to elevate privileges in the context of the current user.

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

nvd v3.1 8.2 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 9.3 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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