CVE-2021-35982

HIGH

Acrobat Reader DC <2021.005.20060 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. A local attacker with non-administrative privileges can plant a malicious DLL to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user via DLL hijacking. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 53.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-427
Status published

Affected Products (4)

adobe/acrobat_dc < 21.005.20060
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc < 21.005.20060
adobe/acrobat_dc < 20.004.30006
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc < 20.004.30006

Timeline

Published Sep 29, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026