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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2017.011.30188/2020.001.30018/2020.013.20074. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-21037. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2017.011.30188/2020.001.30018/2020.013.20074 (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 02/12/2021. The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-21037. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Adobe

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• Acrobat Reader

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• 2017.011.30188
• 2020.001.30018
• 2020.013.20074

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• free

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