Vulnerability · Published Nov 5, 2020 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2020-24436Acrobat Pro DC PDF Export Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write in Acrobat Reader from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 17.0% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)17.0%top 2.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Acrobat Pro DC versions 2020.012.20048 (and earlier), 2020.001.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in writing past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. This vulnerability requires user interaction to exploit in that the victim must open a malicious document.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	Acrobat Reader	unspecified – through 2017.011.30175unspecified – through 2020.012.20048unspecified – through 2020.001.30005unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-67.html x_refsource_MISC
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1355/ x_refsource_MISC