CVE-2021-28634

Summary

CVECVE-2021-28634
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-20 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-08-31 15:35:00 UTC
DescriptionAcrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution on the host machine in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Acrobat Dc All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Dc All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Dc All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc All All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Adobe Security Bulletin MISC helpx.adobe.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375700 Adobe Security Update for Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader (APSB21-51)
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