CVE-2020-24433 HIGH

CVE-2020-24433: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Local Privilege Escalation via Installer Component

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-284
Published November 5, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.012.20048 (and earlier), 2020.001.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) are affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could enable a user without administrator privileges to delete arbitrary files and potentially execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM. Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to socially engineer a victim, or the attacker must already have some access to the environment.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 5, 2020 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated