Description

Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30539, 23.008.20470 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-20731

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: Adobe

Product: Acrobat Reader

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.1% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 42.36% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb24-07.html
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1901

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