CVE-2020-29075 HIGH

CVE-2020-29075: PDF Injection BlackHat Talk

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader DC
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published February 23, 2021
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.013.20066 (and earlier), 2020.001.30010 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30180 (and earlier) are affected by an information exposure vulnerability, that could enable an attacker to get a DNS interaction and track if the user has opened or closed a PDF file when loaded from the filesystem without a prompt. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 23, 2021 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated