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HistoryJan 13, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2022-01-1300:00:00
Ashfaq Ansari and Krishnakant Patil - HackSys Inc
www.zerodayinitiative.com
16

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

64.6%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of AcroForm fields. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.