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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2023-29320 json

ZDI-CAN-20712: Adobe Acrobat Blacklist Bypass Design flaw

published 2023-08-10 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-32895

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.0%
EPSS 6.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • adobe acrobat_dc 23.003.20269
  • adobe acrobat_reader_dc 23.003.20269
  • adobe acrobat_reader 20.005.30514.10514, 20.005.30516.10516
  • adobe acrobat 20.005.30514.10514

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

5.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Adobe Acrobat Reader

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-657 Violation of Secure Design Principles

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.