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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30508/2017.011.30156/2019.021.20061 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-3763. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30508/2017.011.30156/2019.021.20061 (Document Reader Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.021.20061 and earlier, 2017.011.30156 and earlier, 2017.011.30156 and earlier, and 2015.006.30508 and earlier have a privilege escalation vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary file system write.

The weakness was published 02/11/2020 as APSB20-05 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-3763. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/13/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 2015.006.30510, 2017.011.30158 or 2020.006.20034 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-150124, VDB-150125, VDB-150126 and VDB-150127. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Adobe

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• Acrobat Reader

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• 2015.006.30508
• 2017.011.30156
• 2019.021.20061

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• free

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• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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