CVE-2020-9668

Adobe Genuine Service version 6.6 (and earlier) is affected by an Improper Access control vulnerability when handling symbolic links. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to elevate privileges in the context of the current user.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/integrity_service/apsb20-42.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:genuine_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

History

26 Jul 2022, 10:05

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-284~~	NVD-CWE-Other

08 Sep 2021, 17:23

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:-:::::::*	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*

26 Apr 2021, 19:32

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:adobe:genuine_service:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:-:::::::*
References	~~(MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/integrity_service/apsb20-42.html -~~	(MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/integrity_service/apsb20-42.html - Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~8.2~~	v2 : 6.8 v3 : 7.8

16 Apr 2021, 18:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-04-16 18:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55

NVD link : CVE-2020-9668

Mitre link : CVE-2020-9668

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-9668

JSON object : View

Products Affected

adobe

genuine_service

apple

macos

microsoft

windows

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other CWE-284

Improper Access Control

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