CVE-2021-21007 (GCVE-0-2021-21007)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-01-13 22:54
Modified
2025-04-23 19:46
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element ()
Summary
Adobe Illustrator version 25.0 (and earlier) is affected by an uncontrolled search path element 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.
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Adobe | Illustrator |
Version: 25.0 and earlier |
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