CVE-2021-35980

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by a Path traversal vulnerability. An unauthenticated 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 6, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2021

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CVE-2021-35980: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix