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CVE-2021-35988:
Adobe Acrobat Reader Continuous vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2021-35988 is a security vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS, discovered and disclosed in July 2021. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to disclose arbitrary memory information in the context of the current user (NVD, Adobe Security).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score with the following vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating a medium complexity network-accessible vulnerability that requires no authentication and can potentially lead to partial information disclosure (Rapid7).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to the disclosure of arbitrary memory information in the context of the current user, potentially exposing sensitive data (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability along with other critical and important vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. Users are advised to upgrade to the latest version of the software (Adobe Security).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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