CVE-2020-24428— Acrobat Reader DC for macOS Race Condition Vulnerability Could Lead to Privilege Escalation
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2020-24428
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Acrobat Reader DC for macOS Race Condition Vulnerability Could Lead to Privilege Escalation
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability 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 time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability that could result in local privilege escalation. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
检查时间与使用时间(TOCTOU)的竞争条件
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
Adobe Reader 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Adobe Reader是美国奥多比（Adobe）公司的一套PDF文档阅读软件。 Adobe Acrobat Reader 中存在安全漏洞。目前尚无此漏洞的相关信息，请随时关注CNNVD或厂商公告。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions | CPE | Subscribe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe | Acrobat Reader | unspecified ~ 2017.011.30175 | - |
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- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-67.htmlx_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24428
Same Patch Batch · Adobe · 2020-11-05 · 14 CVEs total
| CVE-2020-24437 | 7.8 HIGH | Acrobat Reader DC Use-After-Free Vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution |
| CVE-2020-24430 | 7.8 HIGH | Acrobat Pro DC Use-After-Free vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution |
| CVE-2020-24435 | 7.8 HIGH | Acrobat Reader DC Heap-based Buffer Overflow Could Lead to Arbitrary Code Execution |
| CVE-2020-24433 | 7.8 HIGH | Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Local Privilege Escalation via Installer Component |
| CVE-2020-24436 | 7.8 HIGH | Acrobat Pro DC PDF Export Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary Code E |
| CVE-2020-24429 | 7.7 HIGH | Acrobat Reader DC for macOS Signature Verification Bypass Could Lead to Privilege Escalati |
| CVE-2020-24432 | 6.7 MEDIUM | Acrobat Reader DC Arbitrary JavaScript Execution in PDF Documents |
| CVE-2020-24431 | 4.4 MEDIUM | Acrobat Reader DC for macOS Dynamic Library Injection Vulnerability |
| CVE-2020-24426 | 3.3 LOW | Acrobat Reader DC Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability |
| CVE-2020-24427 | 3.3 LOW | Acrobat Reader DC Codec Input Validation Vulnerability Could Lead to Information Disclosur |
| CVE-2020-24434 | 3.3 LOW | Acrobat Pro DC Out-Of-Bounds Read Vulnerability Could Lead to Information Disclosure |
| CVE-2020-24438 | 3.3 LOW | Acrobat Reader DC Use-After-Free Vulnerability Could Lead to Information Disclosure |
| CVE-2020-24439 | 2.8 LOW | Acrobat Reader DC for macOS Signature Validation Bypass |
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