CVE-2021-39841

published 2021-09-29

CVE-2021-39841: Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a Type Confusion…

Priority P3 48 high 7.8 CVSS 3.0

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

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a Type Confusion vulnerability. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	17.011.30059 – 17.011.30199	—
adobe	acrobat	20.001.30005 – 20.004.30006	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20058	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20060	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	17.011.30059 – 17.011.30199	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	20.001.30005 – 20.004.30006	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	unspecified – DC 2021 July	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20058	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.005.20060	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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