CVE-2021-21060 (GCVE-0-2021-21060)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-11 19:42 – Updated: 2025-04-23 19:46
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Summary
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an improper input validation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Severity ?
4.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Acrobat Reader Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2020.013.20074 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2020.001.30018 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2017.011.30188 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ None (custom)
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