CVE-2021-28637

high

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 out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability achieve arbitrary read / write system information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-51.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-08-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High