Vulnerability · Published Nov 5, 2020 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2020-24433Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Local Privilege Escalation via Installer Component

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control 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 15.9% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)15.9%top 3.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.012.20048 (and earlier), 2020.001.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) are affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could enable a user without administrator privileges to delete arbitrary files and potentially execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM. Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to socially engineer a victim, or the attacker must already have some access to the environment.

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-284 · 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