Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2020-3748

7.8, (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Adobe

Acrobat Reader DC

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of Annotation objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.

Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-05.html

• 2019-12-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
• 2020-02-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory