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CVE-2021-21046

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and e

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an memory corruption vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause an application denial-of-service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

LOW · CVSS 3.3 EPSS 0.011
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules15 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
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Affected Products & Versions

6
adobe acrobat>= 17.0 and <= 17.011.30188
adobe acrobat>= 20.0 and <= 20.001.30018
adobe acrobat dc<= 20.013.20074
adobe acrobat reader>= 17.0 and <= 17.011.30188
adobe acrobat reader>= 20.0 and <= 20.001.300183
adobe acrobat reader dc<= 20.013.20074
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Microsoft Office Child Process - MacOS
producthighRemote Access Tool - Renamed MeshAgent Execution - MacOS
producthighBinary Padding - MacOS
productmediumSuspicious Execution via macOS Script Editor
productmediumSystem Information Discovery Via Sysctl - MacOS
productmediumNew File Exclusion Added To Time Machine Via Tmutil - MacOS
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Scoring & Timeline

3.3
LOW · CVSS v3.0 · psirt@adobe.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD11 Feb 2021 · 08:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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Vendor Advisories

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adobe-psirtAPSB21-09
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