CVE-2021-44714

Adobe Acrobat Reader Missing Custom Protocols in Warning Message Prompts

State
Published
Severity
2.5 Low
Published
Jan 14, 2022
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Dec 7, 2021

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.12.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nadobe

Weaknesses

  • CWE-657 Violation of Secure Design Principles (CWE-657)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Acrobat ReaderAdobe
  • 21.007.20099 and earlierAffected
  • 20.004.30017 and earlierAffected
  • 17.011.30204 and earlierAffected
  • None and earlierAffected

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