CVE-2021-21045 (GCVE-0-2021-21045)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-11 19:42 – Updated: 2024-09-16 21:07
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Summary
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an improper access control vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to elevate privileges in the context of the current user.
Severity ?
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
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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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