OpenCVE

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Acrobat Acrobat Dc Acrobat Reader Acrobat Reader Dc
Apple	Macos
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous:::*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2023-08-10T13:17:25.780Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:30:14.091Z

Reserved: 2023-07-13T16:21:52.614Z

Link: CVE-2023-38224

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-10T14:15:12.507

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:13:07.423

Link: CVE-2023-38224

Redhat

No data.

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