CVE-2021-28634 — OS Command Injection in Adobe Acrobat Reader
Severity
8.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
3.6%
top 12.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 20
Latest updateMay 24
Description
Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution on the host machine 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:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.5 | Impact: 6.0