CVE-2021-35982: Adobe Acrobat DC

High severity, CVSS 7.3. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20060 (and earlier), 2020.004.30006 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30199 (and earlier) are affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. A local attacker with non-administrative privileges can plant a malicious DLL to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user via DLL hijacking. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat DC: from 20.006.20034, up to and including 21.005.20060; from 20.006.20034, up to and including 21.005.20058; from 20.004.30005, up to and including 20.004.30006; from 17.011.30158, up to and including 17.011.30199
• Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: from 20.006.20034, up to and including 21.005.20060; from 20.004.30005, up to and including 20.004.30006; from 17.011.30158, up to and including 17.011.30199

Published 2021-09-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.