CVE-2023-21611

HIGH

Adobe Acrobat Reader <22.003.20282 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 26.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-379 CWE-668
Status published

Affected Products (4)

adobe/acrobat_dc < 22.003.20282
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc < 22.003.20282
adobe/acrobat < 20.005.30418
adobe/acrobat_reader < 20.005.30418

Timeline

Published Jan 18, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026