CVE-2021-40726

Description

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 when processing AcroForm field that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
16.514

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerability CVE-2021-40725,CVE-2021-40726 are affected in Adobe Acrobat DC (Continuous Track) 17.011.30175Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Adobe Acrobat DC for MAC 17.011.30175Mac
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-40726 are affected in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC for MAC 17.011.30175Mac

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-343119Adobe Acrobat DC Pro and Standard (Continuous Track) update - All languages (24.004.20272)
PATCH-611991Adobe Acrobat DC for MAC (25.001.20693)(Deployment-Only)
PATCH-611989Adobe Acrobat Reader 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