CVE-2024-39420 Information

Description

Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30636 24.002.20965 24.002.20964 24.001.30123 and earlier are affected by a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. This issue occurs when the state of a resource changes between its check-time and use-time allowing an attacker to manipulate the resource. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb24-57.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8