CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-21612
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-01-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-379
Description
Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Affected configurations
• adobe acrobat dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 22.003.20282)
• adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 22.003.20282)
• adobe acrobat dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 22.003.20281)
• adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 22.003.20281)
• adobe acrobat (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.005.30418)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.005.30418)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-379 Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions weakness
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-01.html Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-01.html Vendor Advisory