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CVE-2024-20733:
Adobe Acrobat Reader Continuous vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2024-20733 is an Improper Input Validation vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30539, 23.008.20470 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered by Kai Lu of Zscaler's ThreatLabz and was publicly disclosed in February 2024 (Adobe Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.5 (Medium). The attack vector is Local (L) with Low attack complexity (AC), requiring user interaction (UI) to exploit. The scope is Unchanged (U) with no impact on confidentiality (C) or integrity (I), but High impact on availability (A) (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to an application denial-of-service condition. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service (Fortiguard).
Mitigation and workarounds
Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the latest version of Adobe Acrobat and Reader. The fix is available through the official Adobe security bulletin (Adobe Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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