CVE-2020-9715: Adobe Acrobat Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

Adobe Acrobat contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows for code execution

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-48.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9715

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-416. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9715
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog