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CVE-2021-39840

Published: Sep 29, 2021

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

7.8

HIGH

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability when processing AcroForms that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

VendorProductVersions

Adobe

Acrobat Reader

affected
unspecified - <= DC 2021 July
affected
unspecified - <= 20.0-Classic 2021 July
affected
unspecified - <= 17.0-Classic 2021 July
affected
unspecified - <= None

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/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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