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High · 7.3 CVE-2021-28636 EUVD-2021-15305GHSA-8jv9-7vm9-cfxp

Adobe Acrobat Reader Unquoted Search Path Vulnerability

Published Aug 20, 2021 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by adobe

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Adobe Acrobat Reader unspecified – ≤ 2020.004.30005, unspecified – ≤ 2017.011.30197, unspecified – ≤ 2021.005.20054, unspecified – ≤ None —

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