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CVE-2021-21058

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21058 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC that allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF file. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction and affects Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft products. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been reported, and community discussion is minimal, organizations should still patch affected versions to mitigate the risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 17.011.30059, <= 17.011.30188CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 20.001.30005, <= 20.001.30018CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 15.008.20082, <= 20.013.20074CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
>= 17.011.30059, <= 17.011.30188CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 20.001.30005, <= 20.001.30018CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0262 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/acrobat/apsb21-09.html
Vendor Advisory