CVE-2021-35982

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. A local attacker with non-administrative privileges can plant a malicious DLL to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user via DLL hijacking. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

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
0.308

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities affected in Adobe Acrobat DC (Continuous Track) 21.007.20099-continuousWindows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Adobe Acrobat DC for MAC 21.001.20155Mac

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
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