Vulnerability · Published Aug 10, 2023 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2023-29320ZDI-CAN-20712: Adobe Acrobat Blacklist Bypass Design flaw

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw 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 6.0% (higher than 93% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)6.0%top 6.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Violation of Secure Design Principles vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user by bypassing the API blacklisting feature. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	Acrobat Reader	0 – through 23.003.20244

Weakness: CWE-657 · 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/apsb23-30.html vendor-advisory