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  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2020-9715",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Adobe Acrobat and Reader — use-after-free to code execution",
  "summary": "Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2020.009.20074 and several older branches use memory after releasing it, so opening a crafted document runs the sender's code with the privileges of whoever opened it.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss": {
    "score": 7.8,
    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "version": "3.1"
  },
  "epss": 0.48595,
  "exploitation": {
    "known_exploited": true,
    "exploit_available": true,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "kev_added": "2026-04-13",
    "prerequisites": "The user must open an attacker-supplied document in an affected Acrobat or Reader build."
  },
  "remediation": {
    "patch_available": true
  },
  "mitre_attack": [
    "T1203"
  ],
  "kill_chain": "execution",
  "recommended_action": "Update Acrobat and Reader per Adobe bulletin APSB20-48 now; a public write-up walks through exploitation, so treat unpatched readers as a live way in.",
  "confidence": "high",
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      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T08:51:39.744Z",
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      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9715",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T08:51:39.744Z",
      "confidence": "high",
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  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "cve",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9715",
      "label": "NVD record"
    },
    {
      "type": "cisa",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-48.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "exploit",
      "url": "https://blog.exodusintel.com/2021/04/20/analysis-of-a-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-adobe-acrobat-reader-dc/"
    },
    {
      "type": "writeup",
      "url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-991/"
    }
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  "published_at": "2020-08-19T14:15:13.407Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-09-24T08:51:39.744Z",
  "tags": [
    "adobe",
    "acrobat",
    "reader",
    "use-after-free",
    "kev"
  ]
}