Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat
CVE-2020-24428
Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.012.20048 (and earlier), 2020.001.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) for macOS are affected by a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability that could result in local privilege escalation. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)
EPSS: 0.022 (81.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-24428?
- CVE-2020-24428 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2020-11-05.
- How severe is CVE-2020-24428?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.