CVE-2021-21037

HIGH

Acrobat Reader DC <2020.013.20074 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by a Path Traversal vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker 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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0323
EPSS Percentile 86.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (4)
adobe/acrobat 17.0 - 17.011.30188
adobe/acrobat_dc < 20.013.20074
adobe/acrobat_reader 17.0 - 17.011.30188
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc < 20.013.20074
Published Feb 11, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026