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CVE-2023-38223

HIGHEPSS 81th pctl
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CWE-824

How to fix

Remediation Available
Adobe Acrobat 2020Windows application
Affected:20.001.30005 20.005.30514.10514Fixed in:20.005.30514.10514
Adobe Acrobat ProWindows application
Affected:20.001.30005 20.005.30514.10514Fixed in:20.005.30514.10514
Adobe Acrobat Reader (32-bit)Windows application
Affected:15.008.20082 23.003.20269Fixed in:23.003.20269
Adobe Acrobat Reader (64-bit)Windows application
Affected:15.008.20082 23.003.20269Fixed in:23.003.20269

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days
81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.