CVE-2020-24433
HIGHAdobe Acrobat Reader DC <2020.012.20048 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-67.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.1524
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-284
Status
published
Products (6)
adobe/acrobat
< 20.001.30005
adobe/acrobat_dc
< 17.011.30175
adobe/acrobat_dc
< 20.012.20048
adobe/acrobat_reader
< 20.001.30005
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc
< 17.011.30175
adobe/acrobat_reader_dc
< 20.012.20048
Published
Nov 05, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026