CVE-2021-39857 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure4 documents4 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 21.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DC+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 29
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC add-on for Internet Explorer versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by an Information Disclosure vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to check for existence of local files. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit an attacker controlled web page.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified — DC 2021 July+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.011.30059 — 17.011.30199+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc15.008.20082 — 21.005.20058+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat17.011.30059 — 17.011.30199+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc15.008.20082 — 21.005.20058+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wgpm-w694-hp2m: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC add-on for Internet Explorer versions 2021↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Information Disclosure via ActiveX LoadFile↗2021-09-29
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Qualys
Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday (September 2021) – Microsoft 60 Vulnerabilities with 3 Critical, Adobe 61 Vulnerabilities↗2021-09-14
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