AGSService program mishandling symbolic links

published 2021-04-16 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-30452

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Genuine Service version 6.6 (and earlier) is affected by an Improper Access control vulnerability when handling symbolic links. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to elevate privileges in the context of the current user.

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Exploit prediction

1.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Adobe GoCart

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/integrity_service/apsb20-42.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-9668
NVD CVE-2020-9668

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