Adobe Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20095 (and earlier), 21.007.20096 (and earlier), 20.004.30015 (and earlier), and 17.011.30202 (and earlier) is affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of the GetURL function on a global object window that could result in 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.
References
Link Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-104.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
History

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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2021-10-12T00:00:00

Updated: 2021-10-15T14:22:14

Reserved: 2021-09-08T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2021-40728

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-10-15T15:15:08.817

Modified: 2021-10-21T21:14:00.220


Link: CVE-2021-40728

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