CVE-2024-49535 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-49535: Acrobat Reader | Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611)

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-611 · XXE
Published December 10, 2024
Last update January 23, 2025

CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Acrobat Reader versions 24.005.20307, 24.001.30213, 24.001.30193, 20.005.30730, 20.005.30710 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that allows an attacker to provide malicious XML input containing a reference to an external entity, potentially leading to unauthorized read access outside the Acrobat sandbox. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must process a malicious XML document.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 10, 2024 CVE published
January 23, 2025 Record updated