Adobe Acrobat Reader DC path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC up to 2017.011.30197/2020.004.30005/2021.005.20054. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2021-28644. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC up to 2017.011.30197/2020.004.30005/2021.005.20054 (Document Reader Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 09/06/2023 as apsb21-51. The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-28644 since 03/16/2021. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/06/2023). This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader DC

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• 2017.011.30197
• 2020.004.30005
• 2021.005.20054

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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