High severity · published Nov 5, 2020
CVE-2020-24430
Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.012.20048 (and earlier), 2020.001.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability when handling…
7.8
CVSS
18.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.012.20048 (and earlier), 2020.001.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability when handling malicious JavaScript. This vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)18.7% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Acrobat · Adobe
through 20.001.30005 · source: NVD
AD
Acrobat DC · Adobe
through 17.011.30175; through 20.012.20048 · source: NVD
AR
Acrobat Reader · Adobe
through 20.001.30005 · source: NVD
AR
Acrobat Reader DC · Adobe
through 17.011.30175; through 20.012.20048 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24430
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24430
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-67.html
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