CVE-2020-24428

Acrobat Reader DC for macOS Race Condition Vulnerability Could Lead to Privilege Escalation

Published Nov 5, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.7 High EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-17148 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
adobe
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 8:21 PM
Reserved
Aug 19, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 5, 2020, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:05 AM