CVE-2021-28636

Adobe Acrobat Reader Unquoted Search Path Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.3 High
Published: Aug 20, 2021
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Mar 16, 2021

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. An attacker with access to the victim's C:/ folder could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution 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	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.3 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	adobe

Weaknesses

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Acrobat ReaderAdobe	2020.004.30005 and earlierAffected 2017.011.30197 and earlierAffected 2021.005.20054 and earlierAffected None and earlierAffected

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-51.html

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