VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-39841

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability11.70%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-09-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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 a Type Confusion vulnerability. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

Primary references