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CVE-2021-21086

Published: Sep 2, 2021

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

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 Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in the CoolType library. An unauthenticated attacker 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.

VendorProductVersions

Adobe

Acrobat Reader

affected
unspecified - <= 2020.013.20074
affected
unspecified - <= 2020.001.30018
affected
unspecified - <= 2017.011.30188
affected
unspecified - <= None

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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