CVE-2021-45067
Adobe Acrobat Reader Continuous vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2021-45067 is a security vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS, discovered and disclosed in January 2022. The vulnerability is classified as an Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer issue that could potentially lead to disclosure of sensitive memory (NVD, Rapid7).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score with the vector (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating a moderate severity level. The vulnerability is network-accessible (AV:N) with medium attack complexity (AC:M), requires no authentication (Au:N), and can potentially result in partial confidentiality impact (C:P) with no impact on integrity (I:N) or availability (A:N) (Rapid7).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to memory leaks and the disclosure of sensitive information. The vulnerability is part of a broader set of security issues that Adobe addressed, which collectively could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution, application denial of service, security feature bypass, and privilege escalation (Rapid7).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability along with other security issues in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. Users are advised to upgrade to the latest version of the software to mitigate the risk (Adobe Security).

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