CVE-2024-39420

Acrobat Reader | Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367)

State
Published
Severity
7.0 High
Published
Aug 14, 2024
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Jun 24, 2024

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Description

Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30636, 24.002.21005, 24.001.30159, 20.005.30655, 24.002.20965, 24.002.20964, 24.001.30123, 24.003.20054 and earlier are affected by a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability arises when the timing of actions changes the state of a resource between the checking of a condition and the use of the resource, allowing an attacker to manipulate the resource in a harmful way. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hadobe

Weaknesses

  • CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Acrobat ReaderAdobe
  • 24.003.20054 and earlierAffected

References

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