Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Feb 11, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-21034
CVE-2021-21034
Description
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 Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to locally elevate privileges in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: >=17.0,<=17.011.30188
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*range: <=20.013.20074
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: >=17.0,<=17.011.30188
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*range: <=20.013.20074
- (no CPE)range: <=2020.013.20074, <=2020.001.30018, <=2017.011.30188
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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