CVE-2021-21045 — Improper Access Control in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control3 documents3 sources
Severity
8.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 23.63%
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 an improper access control vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to elevate privileges in the context of the current user.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.5 | Impact: 6.0

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-mpj9-vhqf-h7fw: Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Acrobat Reader DC Improper Installer Access Control Vulnerability Could Lead To Privilege Escalation↗2021-02-11
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CVE-2021-21045 — Improper Access Control in Adobe | cvebase