Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 17.011.30204/20.004.30017/21.007.20099 Warning Message injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 17.011.30204/20.004.30017/21.007.20099. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Warning Message Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-44714. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Warning Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 01/15/2022 as apsb22-01. It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-44714 since 12/07/2021. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/15/2022). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.8

VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
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CNA Base Score: 2.5
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Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/07/2021 🔍
01/15/2022 +39 days 🔍
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01/19/2022 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb22-01
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-44714 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-44714
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-190547

Entryinfo

Created: 01/15/2022 08:02
Updated: 01/19/2022 13:07
Changes: 01/15/2022 08:02 (49), 01/19/2022 12:59 (1), 01/19/2022 13:07 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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