CVE-2023-21612

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.40% (34th) EPSS

CVSS 5.6 · medium

Is it mine?

14 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

cvss

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

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.6–7.8

v3.15.6mediumAV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · 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:Hsecondary · psirt@adobe.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-379USCWE-657US

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Adobe Acrobat Reader≤ unspecified ≤22.003.20281enisa_euvdEU
Adobe Acrobat Reader≤ unspecified ≤Noneenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Acrobat Reader≤ unspecified ≤22.003.20282enisa_euvdEU
Adobe Acrobat Reader≤ unspecified ≤20.005.30418enisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat 2020≤ 20.005.30436 Classic 2020fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud≤ 22.003.20310 Continuousfstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat Reader 2020≤ 20.005.30436 Classic 2020fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat Reader Document Cloud≤ 22.003.20310 Continuousfstec_bduRU
adobe acrobat20.001.30005 → 20.005.30418nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat dc15.008.20082 → 22.003.20281nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat dc15.008.20082 → 22.003.20282nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat reader20.001.30005 → 20.005.30418nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat reader dc15.008.20082 → 22.003.20281nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat reader dc15.008.20082 → 22.003.20282nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0052Adobe Acrobat und Adobe Acrobat Reader: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-01-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Adobe Acrobat und Adobe Acrobat Reader ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen und seine Rechte zu erweitern.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-01-18modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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