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Adobe Acrobat Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CVE-2020-9715

What this means

This is rated high severity (7.8 out of 10). It is on the known-exploited catalogue, which means attacks using it have already been seen. Ask IT whether Adobe Acrobat Dc, Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc and Apple Macos, and 1 more are in your estate, and treat that as the priority.

Full vendor description

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have an use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .

Scoring and exploitation

7.8/ 10
CVSS 3.1 base scoreHigh

Exploitable only with local access without any account, but only if a user takes an action, such as opening a file or link. High impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability

Longer bar: easier to attack

Attack vectorLocalAV:L
Attack complexityLowAC:L
Privileges requiredNonePR:N
User interactionRequiredUI:R
ScopeUnchangedS:U

Impact

Longer bar: more harm

ConfidentialityHighC:H
IntegrityHighI:H
AvailabilityHighA:H
Elevated attack likelihood (~33.5% in 30 days)Model estimate (): a probability signal, not confirmed exploitation
Exploited in the wild
Yes — confirmed exploitation (US CISA )
Not reported
Listed product
Adobe Acrobat

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected products ()

  • Adobe Acrobat Dc
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc
  • Apple Macos
  • Microsoft Windows
Show the raw CPE strings (8)
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:20.001.30002:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:20.001.30002:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

7 links from the CVE record, grouped by site; the vendor's advisory comes first.

Related feed events

  • Adobe Acrobat Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    Type Vulnerability

    Adobe Acrobat contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows for code execution CVE-2020-9715 is listed in known-exploited catalogue (exploitation in the wild) Authoritative catalogues report…

    Next step: Confirm whether Adobe Acrobat and Reader is in your estate.

    Who's reporting

    1 of 3 perspectives

    Official authority: Official 1Vendor statement missing. no VendorResearcher coverage missing. no Researcher1 signal

    Only official coverage so far. Treat as an early signal.

    Adobe Acrobat and Reader
    CVE-2020-9715