CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-21612

Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

Published: Jan 18, 2023 | Modified: Jan 26, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Weakness

The product creates a temporary file in a directory whose permissions allow unintended actors to determine the file’s existence or otherwise access that file.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Acrobat_dc Adobe 15.008.20082 (including) 22.003.20282 (including)
Acrobat_reader_dc Adobe 15.008.20082 (including) 22.003.20282 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References