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CVE-2020-29075: PDF Injection BlackHat Talk

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-02-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2020.013.20066 (and earlier), 2020.001.30010 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30180 (and earlier) are affected by an information exposure vulnerability, that could enable an attacker to get a DNS interaction and track if the user has opened or closed a PDF file when loaded from the filesystem without a prompt. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat for Edge: from 17.011.30059 through 17.011.30180; from 20.001.30005 through 20.001.30010
• Adobe Acrobat DC: from 15.008.20082 through 20.013.20066
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: from 17.011.30059 through 17.011.30180; from 20.001.30005 through 20.001.30010
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: from 15.008.20082 through 20.013.20066

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-75.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-75.html

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