CVE-2023-21611CWE-379

Adobe Acrobat Reader Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions Privilege escalation

High · published January 18, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
32.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00397 · 32.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-379 · Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions
Published
2023-01-18T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 JAN 00:00Z
    Adobe Acrobat Reader Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions Privilege escalation
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