Improper Access Control in Adobe Acrobat Reader for Android

published 2020-11-12 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-17161

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.3%; EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Acrobat Reader for Android version 20.6.2 (and earlier) does not properly restrict access to directories created by the application. This could result in disclosure of sensitive information stored in databases used by the application. Exploitation requires a victim to download and run a malicious application.

Patch / fix

links 1

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader-mobile/apsb20-71.html advisory

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Exploit prediction

2.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/reader-mobile/apsb20-71.html
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-24441
NVD CVE-2020-24441

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