CVE-2023-26406 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.001.20093 (and earlier) and 20.005.30441 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Acrobat Acrobat Dc Acrobat Reader Acrobat Reader Dc
Apple	Macos
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::continuous:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous:::*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-24.html

History

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2023-04-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-05T19:06:19.117Z

Reserved: 2023-02-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-26406

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:46:24.560Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-12T21:15:21.370

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:51:20.803

Link: CVE-2023-26406

Redhat

No data.

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