CVE-2020-9681 Adobe Genuine Service privilege escalation vulnerability
An authenticated attacker can exploit an uncontrolled search path to rewrite administrator files, leading to elevated permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-9681?
CVE-2020-9681 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Adobe GoCart, published on 16 Apr 2021. 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 Genuine Service version 6.6 (and earlier) is affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path element vulnerability. An authenticated attacker could exploit this to rewrite the file of the administrator, which may lead to elevated permissions. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9681?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Genuine Service.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9681?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9681 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2020-9681 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9681 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe GoCart
- CVE-2020-9668 AGSService program mishandling symbolic links
- CVE-2021-40708 Adobe Genuine Service Installer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-9667 Uncontrolled Search Path Element in AGSService.exe
- CVE-2021-28568 Adobe Genuine Services insecure file permission could lead to privilege escalation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h89x-6xrv-pf29.