title: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC CSP Bypass Leads To Privilege Escalation
description: Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) is affected by a violation of secure design principles through bypassing the content security policy, which could result in an attacker sending arbitrarily configured requests to the cross-origin attack target domain. Exploitation requires user interaction in which the victim needs to access a crafted PDF file on an attacker's server.
problem types: Violation of Secure Design Principles (CWE-657)
affected:
{
product: Acrobat Reader
vendor: Adobe
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 22.001.20085, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
lessThanOrEqual: 20.005.3031x, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
lessThanOrEqual: 17.012.30205, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
lessThanOrEqual: None, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 6.3
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
version: 3.1
]