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CVE-2021-35982

HIGH CVSS: 7.3 Published: 2021-09-29 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft WindowsAdobe Acrobat DcAdobe Acrobat Reader DcApple Macos

Weakness Type

CWE-427

References