Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2020-24433

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.

EPSS: 0.152 (96.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24433?
CVE-2020-24433 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2020-24433?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-24433 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.