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CVE-2020-9718: 
Adobe Acrobat Reader Continuous vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier were found to contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. The vulnerability was disclosed on August 19, 2020, and was assigned CVE-2020-9718 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an out-of-bounds read issue (CWE-125). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, and a CVSS v2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM) (NVD).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to information disclosure. The high CVSS score indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and requires no privileges or user interaction (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should update to the latest version of Adobe Acrobat and Reader as detailed in the security bulletin (Adobe Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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