Vulnerabilites related to Adobe - Reader Mobile
CVE-2021-40724 (GCVE-0-2021-40724)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-15 14:22
Modified
2024-09-17 00:46
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') ()
Summary
Acrobat Reader for Android versions 21.8.0 (and earlier) are affected by a Path traversal 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.
Impacted products
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