Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 17.011.30204/20.004.30017/21.007.20099 ActiveX Control information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 17.011.30204/20.004.30017/21.007.20099 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ActiveX Control Handler. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-44702. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 17.011.30204/20.004.30017/21.007.20099 (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component ActiveX Control Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 01/15/2022 as apsb22-01. The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-44702 since 12/07/2021. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 3.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/07/2021 🔍
01/15/2022 +39 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb22-01
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-44702 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-44702
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-190502

Entryinfo

Created: 01/15/2022 07:28
Updated: 01/19/2022 08:59
Changes: 01/15/2022 07:28 (50), 01/19/2022 08:59 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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