CVE-2023-26396

HIGH

Adobe Acrobat Reader <23.001.20093,20.005.30441 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.001.20093 (and earlier) and 20.005.30441 (and earlier) are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-24.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 27.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-379

Status published

Products (4)

adobe/acrobat 20.001.3005 - 20.005.30441

adobe/acrobat_dc 15.008.20082 - 23.001.20093

adobe/acrobat_reader 20.001.3005 - 20.005.30441

adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 15.008.20082 - 23.001.20093

Published Apr 12, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026