CVE-2020-24429: 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…

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

3.01%

86.0th percentile

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.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	<= 20.001.30005	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	<= 17.011.30175	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	<= 20.012.20048	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	<= 20.001.30005	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	unspecified – 2017.011.30175	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	<= 17.011.30175	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	<= 20.012.20048	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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