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CVE-2023-38245: 
Adobe Acrobat Reader Continuous vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Information Disclosure vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-38245. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in August 2023, with Adobe releasing security updates to address the issue (Adobe Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Information Disclosure issue with a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 5.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) (NVD).

Impact

When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to obtain NTLMv2 credentials from the target system (CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

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

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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