High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-24433
CVE-2020-24433
Description
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.012.20048 (and earlier), 2020.001.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30175 (and earlier) are affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could enable a user without administrator privileges to delete arbitrary files and potentially execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM. Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to socially engineer a victim, or the attacker must already have some access to the environment.
Affected products
8cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: <=20.001.30005
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: <=17.011.30175
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*range: <=20.012.20048
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: <=20.001.30005
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*range: <=17.011.30175
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*range: <=20.012.20048
- (no CPE)range: <=2020.012.20048, <=2020.001.30005, <=2017.011.30175
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-67.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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