CVE-2021-39838 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm buttonGetCaption Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2021-09-2915:37:47

CWE-416

adobe

www.cve.org

adobe acrobat reader

use-after-free

remote code execution

vulnerability

acroform

arbitrary code execution

user interaction

malicious file

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.116

Percentile

95.4%

JSON

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of the AcroForm buttonGetCaption action 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.

CNA Affected

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    "vendor": "Adobe",
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        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "20.0-Classic 2021 July",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "17.0-Classic 2021 July",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "None",
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      }
    ]
  }
]