CVE-2021-21045

Acrobat Reader DC Improper Installer Access Control Vulnerability Could Lead To Privilege Escalation

State: Published
Severity: 8.2 High
Published: Feb 11, 2021
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Dec 18, 2020

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an improper access control vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to elevate privileges in the context of the current user.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.2 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	adobe

Weaknesses

CWE-284 Improper Access Control (CWE-284)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Acrobat ReaderAdobe	2020.013.20074 and earlierAffected 2020.001.30018 and earlierAffected 2017.011.30188 and earlierAffected None and earlierAffected

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.html

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