CVE-2021-28640

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an Use-after-free vulnerability. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve 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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.3
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
11.491

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017 MUI (Classic Track) (17.011.30199) (APSB21-51)Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in Adobe Acrobat 2017 Pro and Standard (Acrobat 2017 Track) update - All languages (17.011.30199) (APSB21-51)Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities affected in Adobe Acrobat DC (Continuous Track) 21.007.20099-continuousWindows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Adobe Acrobat DC for MAC 17.011.30175Mac
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Adobe Acrobat DC for MAC *Mac

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-320497Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017 MUI (Classic Track) (17.011.30199) (APSB21-51)
PATCH-320494Adobe Acrobat 2017 Pro and Standard (Acrobat 2017 Track) update - All languages (17.011.30199) (APSB21-51)
PATCH-320762Adobe Acrobat DC Pro and Standard (Continuous Track) update - All languages (21.005.20060)
PATCH-611991Adobe Acrobat DC for MAC (25.001.20693)(Deployment-Only)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234