CVE-2021-21045

8.2 highEPSS 1.8%

High (8.2) in adobe. EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 improper access control vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to elevate privileges in the context of the current user.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.2 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-284
Published: 2021-02-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

adobe:acrobat
adobe:acrobat_dc
adobe:acrobat_reader
adobe:acrobat_reader_dc

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.html

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