CVE-2020-24428 Acrobat Reader DC for macOS Race Condition Vulnerability Could Lead to Privilege Escalation

2020-11-0300:00:00

CWE-367

adobe

www.cve.org

7.7 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

33.0%

JSON

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.012.20048 (and earlier), 2020.001.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) for macOS are affected by a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability that could result in local privilege escalation. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Acrobat Reader",
    "vendor": "Adobe",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "2017.011.30175",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "2020.012.20048",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "2020.001.30005",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "None",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]