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CVE-2020-9712

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9712 is a security bypass vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires user interaction and local access, potentially leading to a security feature bypass. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

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

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0340 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/acrobat/apsb20-48.html
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-20-990
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry