CVE-2020-24441 Improper Access Control in Adobe Acrobat Reader for Android

What is CVE-2020-24441?

CVE-2020-24441 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader, published on 12 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24441?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Adobe Acrobat Reader.

How do I fix CVE-2020-24441?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24441 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-24441 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24441 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader

• CVE-2009-0927 Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0511 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2014-0512 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-1152 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-1153 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Adobe Acrobat Reader vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-qfq6-38xq-622r.