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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-55.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.3
EPSS
0.0172
EPSS Percentile
74.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-427
Status
published
Products (4)
adobe/acrobat_dc
20.004.30005 - 20.004.30006
adobe/acrobat_dc
20.006.20034 - 21.005.20060
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc
20.004.30005 - 20.004.30006
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc
20.006.20034 - 21.005.20060
Published
Sep 29, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026