CVE-2021-44709 Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Heap Overflow Vulnerability could lead to Arbitrary code execution

2022-01-1419:05:10

CWE-122

adobe

www.cve.org

cve-2021-44709

adobe acrobat

heap overflow

arbitrary code execution

acrobat reader

user interaction

crafted file handling

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

0.007

Percentile

80.9%

JSON

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a heap overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted file, potentially resulting in 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.

CNA Affected

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    "product": "Acrobat Reader",
    "vendor": "Adobe",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "21.007.20099",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "20.004.30017",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "17.011.30204",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "None",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]