CVE-2020-9715

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.335 · 98 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

33.5% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

33 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

added 2026-04-13remediate by 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.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Adobe Acrobat Use-After-Free Vulnerability

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 .

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416USprimaryCWE-416US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

f8al/PoC-CVE-2020-9715f8al/PoC-CVE-2020-9715PoC · poc_in_github
lsw29475/CVE-2020-9715lsw29475/CVE-2020-9715PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (33)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Adobe Acrobat <2015.006.30527all versionscert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat <2017.011.30175all versionscert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat <2020.001.30005all versionscert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat DC <2020.012.20041all versionscert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat Reader <2015.006.30527all versionscert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat Reader <2017.011.30175all versionscert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat Reader <2020.001.30005all versionscert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC <2020.012.20041all versionscert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat< 2015.006.30527cert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat< 2017.011.30175cert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat< 2020.001.30005cert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat DC< 2020.012.20041cert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat Reader< 2015.006.30527cert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat Reader< 2017.011.30175cert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat Reader< 2020.001.30005cert_bundDE
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC< 2020.012.20041cert_bundDE
Adobe Adobe Acrobat and Reader≤ 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier versionsenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat 2015≤ 2015.006.30527 Classic 2015fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat 2017≤ 2017.011.30175 Classic 2017fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat 2020≤ 2020.001.30005 Classic 2020fstec_bduRU

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-1068Adobe Acrobat und Acrobat Reader: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-08-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Adobe Acrobat und Adobe Acrobat Reader ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-08-19modified 2026-06-17

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references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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