CVE-2021-28546
Acrobat Reader DC Missing Support for Integrity Check
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are missing support for an integrity check. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to modify content in a certified PDF without invalidating the certification. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open the tampered file.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Acrobat Reader DC Missing Support for Integrity Check
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are missing support for an integrity check. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to modify content in a certified PDF without invalidating the certification. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open the tampered file.
- Record
CVE-2021-28546- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-353
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-15222
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are missing support for an integrity check. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to modify content in a certified PDF without invalidating the certification. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open the tampered file.
- Record
EUVD-2021-15222- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v28v-fvcc-8q35 No score
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier)...
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are missing support for an integrity check. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to modify content in a certified PDF without invalidating the certification. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open the tampered file.
- Record
GHSA-v28v-fvcc-8q35- Weakness
- CWE-353
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are missing support for an integrity check. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to modify content in a certified PDF without invalidating the certification. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open the tampered file.
- Record
CVE-2021-28546- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-353
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-28546 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Adobe Acrobat, published April 1, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.47%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.