CVE-2023-29320
ZDI-CAN-20712: Adobe Acrobat Blacklist Bypass Design flaw
At a glance Severity HIGH 7.8 EPSS EPSS 5.96 % · percentile 93 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2023-08-10 Updated 2026-05-28 Assigner adobe NVD status Modified Description Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Violation of Secure Design Principles vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user by bypassing the API blacklisting feature. 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) 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 · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* ≥ 15.008.20082 < 23.003.20269cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* ≥ 15.008.20082 < 23.003.20269cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* ≥ 20.001.30005 ≤ 20.005.30516.10516cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* ≥ 20.001.30005 < 20.005.30516.10516cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* ≥ 20.001.30005 < 20.005.30514.10514cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* ≥ 20.001.30005 < 20.005.30514.10514Affected products
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