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CVE-2021-28640

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.3
EPSS
0.52299
Risk score
47.5
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2021-08-20
Modified
2024-09-17
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2021-15309, GHSA-PXHG-RGCF-QJ38
Products
Adobe:Acrobat Reader unspecified ≤2017.011.30197, Adobe:Acrobat Reader unspecified ≤2020.004.30005, Adobe:Acrobat Reader unspecified ≤2021.005.20054, Adobe:Acrobat Reader unspecified ≤None
Sources
euvd EUVD-2021-15309

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 Use-after-free vulnerability. An authenticated 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.

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