CVE-2020-24428

Published: Nov 5, 2020Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.7

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 6.0

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (6)

Products: Adobe: Acrobat, Acrobat Dc, Acrobat Reader, Acrobat Reader Dc

4 products

Configuration A

6 vulnerable · 2 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Adobe Acrobat	Up to 20.001.30005
Adobe Acrobat Dc	Up to 17.011.30175
Adobe Acrobat Dc	Up to 20.012.20048
Adobe Acrobat Reader	Up to 20.001.30005
Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc	Up to 17.011.30175
Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc	Up to 20.012.20048

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Apple Macos	All versions
Microsoft Windows	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-367

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

References (2)

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-67.html

Source: psirt@adobe.com

Vendor Advisory

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-67.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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