CVE-2020-24433

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Local Privilege Escalation via Installer Component

Published Nov 5, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 15.9% KEV · Not listed
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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-17153 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
adobe
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 9:57 PM
Reserved
Aug 19, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 5, 2020, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:05 AM