CVE-2020-24429 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-347 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA7.7
EPSS
0.2%
top 62.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DC+1 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 5
Latest updateMay 24

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 signature verification bypass that could result in local privilege escalation. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified — 2017.011.30175+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader20.001.30005
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc17.011.30175+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat20.001.30005
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc17.011.30175+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9qr4-rpfh-f5gv: Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
Acrobat Reader DC for macOS Signature Verification Bypass Could Lead to Privilege Escalation↗2020-11-05
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CVE-2020-24429 — Adobe Acrobat Reader vulnerability | cvebase