VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-40724

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability3.60%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-10-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Acrobat Reader for Android versions 21.8.0 (and earlier) are affected by a Path traversal vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution 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

  • psirt@adobe.com: CWE-22
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22

Primary references