CVE-2021-44714

LOW

Acrobat Reader DC <21.007.20099 - Security Feature Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a Violation of Secure Design Principles that could lead to a Security feature bypass. Acrobat Reader DC displays a warning message when a user clicks on a PDF file, which could be used by an attacker to mislead the user. In affected versions, this warning message does not include custom protocols when used by the sender. User interaction is required to abuse this vulnerability as they would need to click 'allow' on the warning message of a malicious file.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 2.5
EPSS 0.0247
EPSS Percentile 82.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-657
Status published
Products (4)
adobe/acrobat 17.011.30059 - 17.011.30204
adobe/acrobat_dc 15.008.20082 - 21.007.20099
adobe/acrobat_reader 17.011.30059 - 17.011.30204
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 15.008.20082 - 21.007.20099
Published Jan 14, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026