CVE-2020-3739
Adobe Framemaker vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Framemaker versions 2019.0.4 and below contain a memory corruption vulnerability identified as CVE-2020-3739. The vulnerability was disclosed on February 13, 2020, and affects Adobe's Framemaker software. This security flaw was assigned a CVSS v3 Base Score of 8.8 (High severity) (NVD, Adobe Security).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been classified as a memory corruption issue with a CVSS v3.1 vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The attack vector is network-based, with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges but necessitating user interaction. The scope is unchanged, with high impact potential across confidentiality, integrity, and availability (AttackerKB).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution on affected systems. The high CVSS impact scores (5.9) across confidentiality, integrity, and availability metrics indicate that successful exploitation could result in significant system compromise (AttackerKB).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to a version newer than Adobe Framemaker 2019.0.4 to address this vulnerability (Adobe Security).

Additional resources


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