CVE-2020-9715

Description

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS. These updates address critical and important vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

Description (MITRE) cveawg.mitre.org

Pulled from cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2020-9715 on 2026-07-08. Shown when MITRE's text differs from the cvelistV5 mirror.

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have an use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .

Overview

State

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Assigner (CNA)

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CVSS severity

MEDIUM

CVSS score

5.0 / 10

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Effective score

5.0 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview

CWE(s)

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Reserved

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Published

2020-08-11 00:00 UTC

Last updated

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Source

https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/adobe-acrobat-cve-2020-9715/

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities CISA KEV

CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation of this CVE. Federal agencies must remediate by the due date below; private orgs should treat it as priority-1.

Vulnerability name

Adobe Acrobat Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Vendor / project

Adobe

Product

Acrobat

Date added to KEV

2026-04-13

Remediation due

2026-04-27

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware campaign use

Unknown

CISA notes

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-48.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9715

CISA listing

www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published

2020-08-19 14:15:13 UTC

NVD last modified

2026-06-17 03:28:26 UTC

NVD CVSS v3.1

7.8 / 10 HIGH source: nvd@nist.gov

NVD CVSS vector

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

Exploitability subscore

1.8 / 10

Impact subscore

5.9 / 10

EPSS score

0.4844 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)

EPSS percentile

98.72% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-07-08

NVD-assigned CWE(s): CWE-416 (differs from the CNA list above)

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID

EUVD-2020-30495

Assigner

adobe

Published

Aug 19, 2020, 12:00:00 AM

Updated

Apr 13, 2026, 10:20:25 PM

EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1)

7.8 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EUVD-reported EPSS

48.4400

Vendors

Adobe

Products

Adobe Acrobat and Reader (2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier versions)

Aliases

GHSA-wxg9-xx37-xj49

ENISA description: Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have an use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .

Vendor references (0)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

None in the CVE record.

MITRE references (2) cveawg.mitre.org

Pulled from MITRE's CVE Services API by the 🛰 Backfill from MITRE button.

• https://blog.exodusintel.com/2021/04/20/analysis-of-a-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-adobe-acrobat-reader-dc/
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-991/

Web references (6)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb20-48.html rapid7:helpx.adobe.com
• http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html rapid7:cwe.mitre.org
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9715 rapid7:www.cve.org
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-48.html rapid7:helpx.adobe.com
• https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-9715 rapid7:attackerkb.com
• https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-30495 rapid7:euvd.enisa.europa.eu

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