PDF Injection BlackHat Talk

published 2021-02-23 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-21457

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 7.9%; EPSS 7.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 0; none known

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.013.20066 (and earlier), 2020.001.30010 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30180 (and earlier) are affected by an information exposure vulnerability, that could enable an attacker to get a DNS interaction and track if the user has opened or closed a PDF file when loaded from the filesystem without a prompt. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

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Exploit prediction

7.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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 DC

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/acrobat/apsb20-75.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-29075
NVD CVE-2020-29075

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