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Known Exploited Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-28550 Mappings

Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2021.001.20150 (and earlier), 2020.001.30020 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30194 (and earlier) are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve 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.

Mappings

Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name Notes
CVE-2021-28550 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability exploitation_technique T1204.002 Malicious File
Comments
This exploit requires a user to open a malicious file. It can then result in execution of arbitrary code which could have any number of impacts.
References
  1. https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb21-29.html