VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-35982

CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability1.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-09-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. A local attacker with non-administrative privileges can plant a malicious DLL to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user via DLL hijacking. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Primary references