THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-24432
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2020-24432

Acrobat vulnerability

CVSS
6.7
EPSS
10.6%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.012.20048 (and earlier), 2020.001.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) and Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) are affected by an improper input validation vulnerability that could result in arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the current user. To exploit this issue, an attacker must acquire and then modify a certified PDF document that is trusted by the victim. The attacker then needs to convince the victim to open the document.
Affected vendor
Adobe
Affected product
Acrobat
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2020-11-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, high attack complexity, requiring low privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-24432

  • Confirm whether Adobe Acrobat is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-24432.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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