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 improper access control vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to elevate privileges in the context of the current user.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-8436 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 improper access control vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to elevate privileges in the context of the current user.
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History

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Adobe acrobat 2017
Adobe acrobat 2020
Adobe acrobat Reader 2017
Adobe acrobat Reader 2020
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_2020:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_2020:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:macos:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:windows:*:*
Vendors & Products Adobe acrobat 2017
Adobe acrobat 2020
Adobe acrobat Reader 2017
Adobe acrobat Reader 2020
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T21:07:41.363Z

Reserved: 2020-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-21045

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:01:12.607Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-11T20:15:15.717

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:47:27.703

Link: CVE-2021-21045

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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