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CVE-2020-9715

86
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9715 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader across Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft platforms. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating that a successful exploit, requiring user interaction, could lead to arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, its high EPSS score and FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100 suggest a significant potential for exploitation. Currently, there is no public exploit code available in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and community discussion and media coverage are limited, with only one article from BleepingComputer reporting on Adobe's fix.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 15.006.30060, <= 15.006.30523CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 15.008.20082, <= 20.009.20074CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
>= 17.011.30059, <= 17.011.30171CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
20.001.30002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:20.001.30002:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 15.006.30060, <= 15.006.30523CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
48.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Apr 13, 2026
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4844 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
blog.exodusintel.com / 2021/04/20/analysis-of-a-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-adobe-acrobat-reader-dc
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/acrobat/apsb20-48.html
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-20-991
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry