CVE-2021-35982

High

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. A local attacker with non-administrative privileges can plant a malicious DLL to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user via DLL hijacking. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.3
Exploit probability—
ProductAdobe Acrobat Dc
PublishedSep 29, 2021
First seenSep 29, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-427CWE-427

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
adobe acrobat_dc20.006.20034 ≤ v ≤ 21.005.20060, 20.006.20034 ≤ v ≤ 21.005.20058, 20.004.30005 ≤ v ≤ 20.004.30006, 17.011.30158 ≤ v ≤ 17.011.30199—
adobe acrobat_reader_dc20.006.20034 ≤ v ≤ 21.005.20060, 20.004.30005 ≤ v ≤ 20.004.30006, 17.011.30158 ≤ v ≤ 17.011.30199—

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