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APSB21-55: Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS (CVE-2021-39840)

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APSB21-55: Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS (CVE-2021-39840)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/29/2021
Created
03/29/2022
Added
03/28/2022
Modified
04/29/2022

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability when processing AcroForms that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

Solution(s)

  • adobe-acrobat-dc-upgrade-21-007-20091-macosx
  • adobe-acrobat-dc-upgrade-21-007-20091-windows
  • adobe-acrobat-reader-dc-upgrade-21-007-20091-macosx
  • adobe-acrobat-reader-dc-upgrade-21-007-20091-windows
  • adobe-acrobat-reader-upgrade-2017-011-30202-macosx
  • adobe-acrobat-reader-upgrade-2017-011-30202-windows
  • adobe-acrobat-reader-upgrade-2020-004-30015-macosx
  • adobe-acrobat-reader-upgrade-2020-004-30015-windows
  • adobe-acrobat-upgrade-2017-011-30202-macosx
  • adobe-acrobat-upgrade-2017-011-30202-windows
  • adobe-acrobat-upgrade-2020-004-30015-macosx
  • adobe-acrobat-upgrade-2020-004-30015-windows

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