CVE-2020-24428: Acrobat Reader DC for macOS Race Condition Vulnerability Could Lead to Privilege Escalation
First published: Thu Nov 05 2020(Updated: )
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.
Credit: psirt@adobe.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | <=20.001.30005 | |
| Adobe Acrobat Dc | <=17.011.30175 | |
| Adobe Acrobat Dc | <=20.012.20048 | |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | <=20.001.30005 | |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader DC | <=17.011.30175 | |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader DC | <=20.012.20048 | |
| Apple macOS | ||
| Microsoft Windows |
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