Description
Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.012.20048 (and earlier), 2020.001.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-67.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1156
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.4512
EPSS Percentile
98.6%
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-416
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