Adobe InCopy DOCX file parsing directory traversal vulnerability could lead to remote code execution (Adobe InCopy)

CVE-2021-21090
HIGH 8.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 5.37 % · percentile 93 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
adobe
NVD status
Modified

Description

Adobe InCopy version 16.0 (and earlier) is affected by an path traversal vulnerability when parsing a crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve remote 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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hadobe
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · psirt@adobe.com (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Adobe · InCopyaffected unspecified ≤ 16.0 ; affected unspecified ≤ None

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD