What is CVE-2020-9667?

CVE-2020-9667 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Genuine Service, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-9667?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Adobe Genuine Service

CVE-2020-9667

Adobe Genuine Service version 6.6 (and earlier) is affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path element vulnerability. An authenticated attacker with admin privileges could plant custom binaries and execute them with System permissions. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

Published 2021-04-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/integrity_service/apsb20-42.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9667?: CVE-2020-9667 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Genuine Service, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-9667?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.