title: ZDI-CAN-20712: Adobe Acrobat Blacklist Bypass Design flaw
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.
problem types: Violation of Secure Design Principles (CWE-657)
affected:
{
defaultStatus: affected
product: Acrobat Reader
vendor: Adobe
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 23.003.20244, status: affected, version: 0, versionType: semver
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: HIGH
availabilityRequirement: NOT_DEFINED
baseScore: 7.8
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
confidentialityRequirement: NOT_DEFINED
environmentalScore: 7.8
environmentalSeverity: HIGH
exploitCodeMaturity: NOT_DEFINED
integrityImpact: HIGH
integrityRequirement: NOT_DEFINED
modifiedAttackComplexity: LOW
modifiedAttackVector: LOCAL
modifiedAvailabilityImpact: HIGH
modifiedConfidentialityImpact: HIGH
modifiedIntegrityImpact: HIGH
modifiedPrivilegesRequired: NONE
modifiedScope: NOT_DEFINED
modifiedUserInteraction: REQUIRED
privilegesRequired: NONE
remediationLevel: NOT_DEFINED
reportConfidence: NOT_DEFINED
scope: UNCHANGED
temporalScore: 7.8
temporalSeverity: HIGH
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL