PT-2020-5994 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2020-02-11 · Updated 2021-09-08 · CVE-2020-3763

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.021.20061 and earlier Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.011.30156 and earlier Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2015.006.30508 and earlier

Description The issue is caused by privilege management errors in Adobe Acrobat and Reader, allowing for a privilege escalation. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary file system write, enabling an attacker to write files to the device's file system.

Recommendations For versions 2019.021.20061 and earlier, update to a version later than 2019.021.20061 to resolve the issue. For versions 2017.011.30156 and earlier, update to a version later than 2017.011.30156 to resolve the issue. For versions 2015.006.30508 and earlier, update to a version later than 2015.006.30508 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-02522

CVE-2020-3763

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-3763 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3763 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-05.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-02522 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3763 · Note
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/832 · Telegram Post