Description
Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (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
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-51.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0039
EPSS Percentile
30.8%
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
17.011.30180 - 17.011.30199
adobe/acrobat_dc
15.007.20033 - 21.005.20058
adobe/acrobat_reader
17.011.30180 - 17.011.30199
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc
15.007.20033 - 21.005.20058
Published
Sep 06, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026