MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2020-9679

Prelude vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
4.8%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Adobe Prelude versions 9.0 and earlier have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Affected vendor
Adobe
Affected product
Prelude
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2020-07-22

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 4.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-9679

  • Confirm whether Adobe Prelude is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-9679.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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