CVE-2021-44739 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure4 documents4 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DC+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 14
Latest updateJan 15

Description

Acrobat Reader DC ActiveX Control versions 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by an Information Disclosure vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to obtain NTLMv2 credentials. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a maliciously crafted Microsoft Office file, or visit an attacker controlled web page.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/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 — 21.007.20099+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader20.001.30005 — 20.004.30017+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc21.001.20149 — 21.007.20099
▶NVDadobe/acrobat20.001.30005 — 20.004.30017+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc21.001.20149 — 21.007.20099

Patches

Patch: helpx.adobe.com ↗Patch: helpx.adobe.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2q59-h5qr-8vqm: Acrobat Reader DC ActiveX Control versions 21↗2022-01-15
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CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC add-on (AxAcroPDFLib.AxAcroPDF) src NTLMv2 SSO Auth leak vulnerability↗2022-01-14
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Zscaler
Zscaler protects against 25 Adobe vulnerability | 01-11-2022↗
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CVE-2021-44739 — Sensitive Information Exposure | cvebase