| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 4.8 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC up to 2017.011.30188/2020.001.30018/2020.013.20074. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-40723. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC up to 2017.011.30188/2020.001.30018/2020.013.20074 (Document Reader Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
The weakness was released 09/07/2023 as apsb21-09. The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-40723 since 09/08/2021. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/07/2023).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 5.5
CNA Vector (Adobe Systems Incorporated): 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Out-of-boundsCWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
09/08/2021 🔍09/07/2023 🔍
09/07/2023 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: apsb21-09
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-40723 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-40723
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-239101
Entry
Created: 09/07/2023 15:28Changes: 09/07/2023 15:28 (50)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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