CVE-2021-44714: Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a Violation of Secure Design…

PriorityP412low3.3CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCLINAN

EPSS

2.47%

82.9th percentile

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a Violation of Secure Design Principles that could lead to a Security feature bypass. Acrobat Reader DC displays a warning message when a user clicks on a PDF file, which could be used by an attacker to mislead the user. In affected versions, this warning message does not include custom protocols when used by the sender. User interaction is required to abuse this vulnerability as they would need to click 'allow' on the warning message of a malicious file.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	17.011.30059 – 17.011.30204	—
adobe	acrobat	20.001.30005 – 20.004.30017	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.007.20099	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	17.011.30059 – 17.011.30204	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	20.001.30005 – 20.004.30017	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	unspecified – 21.007.20099	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	15.008.20082 – 21.007.20099	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.13.3LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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