CVE-2021-39841

Summary

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a Type Confusion vulnerability. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= DC 2021 Julyaffected
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= 20.0-Classic 2021 Julyaffected
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= 17.0-Classic 2021 Julyaffected
AdobeAcrobat Readerunspecified <= Noneaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') (CWE-843)

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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