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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD2.5 Low

CVE-2021-44714

Adobe Acrobat Reader Missing Custom Protocols in Warning Message Prompts

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
adobe

Description

Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a Violation of Secure Design Principles that could lead to a Security feature bypass. Acrobat Reader DC displays a warning message when a user clicks on a PDF file, which could be used by an attacker to mislead the user. In affected versions, this warning message does not include custom protocols when used by the sender. User interaction is required to abuse this vulnerability as they would need to click 'allow' on the warning message of a malicious file.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Adobe Acrobat Reader

  • unspecified to ≤ 21.007.20099affected
  • unspecified to ≤ 20.004.30017affected
  • unspecified to ≤ 17.011.30204affected
  • unspecified to ≤ Noneaffected

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