CVE-2021-28636Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Adobe Acrobat Reader

Severity
7.3HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
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 Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. An attacker with access to the victim's C:/ folder 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.3 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified2020.004.30005+3
NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc15.008.2008221.005.20054+2
NVDadobe/acrobat_dc15.008.2008221.005.20054+2

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8jv9-7vm9-cfxp: Acrobat Reader DC versions 20212022-05-24
CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Reader Unquoted Search Path Vulnerability2021-08-20
CVE-2021-28636 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element | cvebase