CVE-2023-26408

ZDI-CAN-20712: AnnotsString Object prototype pollution Restrictions Bypass Vulnerability

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 7.8
EPSS: EPSS 4.33 % · percentile 91 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2023-04-12
Updated: 2025-03-05
Assigner: adobe
NVD status: Modified

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.001.20093 (and earlier) and 20.005.30441 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	adobe
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · psirt@adobe.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-30228
GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-26408

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2023-AVI-0302 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Adobe Acrobat · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* ≥ 20.001.3005 ≤ 20.005.30441
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* ≥ 15.008.20082 ≤ 23.001.20093
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* ≥ 20.001.3005 ≤ 20.005.30441
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* ≥ 15.008.20082 ≤ 23.001.20093

Affected products

Product	Versions
Adobe · Acrobat Reader	affected unspecified ≤ 23.001.20093 ; affected unspecified ≤ 20.005.30441 ; affected unspecified ≤ None

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-24.html

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD