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Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-38224. The vulnerability was discovered by Mark Vincent Yason working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative and was publicly disclosed on August 8, 2023. This security issue affects multiple versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader across both continuous and classic releases (Adobe Advisory).
The vulnerability is classified as a Use After Free (CWE-416) issue that could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating local access vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required (NVD).
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The high CVSS score indicates that the vulnerability could potentially lead to significant impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system (NVD).
Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should update to the latest versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader to mitigate this security risk (Adobe Advisory).
Source: This report was generated using AI
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