Violation of Secure Design Principles in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2023-26396

 

Violation of Secure Design Principles in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2023-26396

Published: April 11, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU74911
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26396
CWE-ID: CWE-657
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exits due to unspecified error related to secure design principles. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


Affected software

Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat

How to mitigate CVE-2023-26396

Install updates from vendor's website.

Adobe Reader - addressed in versions 20.005.30467, 23.001.20143
Adobe Acrobat - addressed in versions 20.005.30467, 23.001.20143

External References

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