CVE-2021-28559 — Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-359 — Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DC+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2021.001.20150 (and earlier), 2020.001.30020 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30194 (and earlier) are affected by an Information Exposure vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to get access to restricted data stored within global variables and objects.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified — 2020.001.30020+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.011.30059 — 17.011.30194+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc15.008.20082 — 21.001.20150
▶NVDadobe/acrobat17.011.30059 — 17.011.30194+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc15.008.20082 — 21.001.20150

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-85q6-q3jc-qvmc: Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2021↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Reader privacy violation vulnerability could lead to privilege escalation↗2021-09-02
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Qualys
Microsoft & Adobe Patch Tuesday (May 2021) – Qualys covers 85 Vulnerabilities, 26 Critical↗2021-05-11
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CVE-2021-28559 — Adobe Acrobat Reader vulnerability | cvebase