CVE-2020-24433

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Local Privilege Escalation via Installer Component

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 5, 2020 at 07:32 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:05 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorAcrobat ReaderAcrobatAcrobat DC· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 16%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 20.001.30005
apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
v ≤ 17.011.30175v ≤ 20.012.20048
apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
v ≤ 20.001.30005v ≤ 2017.011.30175v ≤ 2020.001.30005v ≤ 2020.012.20048
apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

7.8HIGHadobe
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284NVD-CWE-Other

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