CVE-2023-21612 Adobe Acrobat Reader Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions Privilege escalation

2023-01-1800:00:00

CWE-379

adobe

www.cve.org

adobe acrobat reader

temporary file

incorrect permissions

privilege escalation

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

29.1%

JSON

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (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.

CNA Affected

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        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "22.003.20281",
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