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CVE-2020-24423: Uncontrolled Search Path in Adobe Media Encoder for Windows

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-10-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

Adobe Media Encoder version 14.4 (and earlier) for Windows is affected by an uncontrolled search path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products

• Adobe Media Encoder: through 14.4

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb20-65.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/media-encoder/apsb20-65.html

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