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CVSS
High

CVE-2023-21608

PUBLISHED

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC resetForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Exploited in the wild Low complexity
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Acrobat Reader
Published
Jan 18, 2023
EPSS
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Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in 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.

cisa nessus_scanner

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 7.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2023-10-10 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation
active
Automatable
No
Technical impact
total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA Oct 10, 2023

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/169880 Jun 02, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

Malwareman007/CVE-2023-21608

github · Created 2023-02-13 06:11:40 UTC · 11 stars

Adobe Acrobat Reader - CVE-2023-21608 - Remote Code Execution Exploit

hacksysteam/CVE-2023-21608

github · Created 2023-01-30 12:57:48 UTC · 272 stars

Adobe Acrobat Reader - CVE-2023-21608 - Remote Code Execution Exploit

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nessus