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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-45062

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could result in arbitrary code execution in the…

HIGH 7.8EPSS 16.5%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could result 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.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
16.50% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
adobe/acrobat dc · adobe/acrobat reader dc · adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat reader
Source
psirt@adobe.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.