CVE-2024-45112

Current-user code execution via incompatible-type resource access

Published Sep 13, 2024 · Updated Sep 13, 2024

Type confusion in Adobe Acrobat and Reader allows attackers to execute code as the current user when a malicious file is opened. A resource is accessed through a type incompatible with its actual object type, causing a logic error; Adobe has not identified the resource or parser locus. Exploitation requires a victim to open the file and yields code execution with that user's privileges.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.53%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Type confusion in Adobe Acrobat and Reader allows attackers to execute code as the current user when a malicious file is opened. A resource is accessed through a type incompatible with its actual object type, causing a logic error; Adobe has not identified the resource or parser locus. Exploitation requires a victim to open the file and yields code execution with that user's privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-45112
Published
Sep 13, 2024
Updated
Sep 13, 2024
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Adobe Acrobat
Classifications
CWE-843, T1203, T1204.002
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 13, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 13, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=24.002.21005
  2. Affected versionversion=0 <=24.003.20054
  3. Affected versionversion=20.0 <=20.005.30655
  4. Affected versionversion=24.0 <=24.001.30159

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Adobe · Adobe Acrobatversion=0 <=24.002.21005; version=0 <=24.003.20054; version=20.0 <=20.005.30655; version=24.0 <=24.001.30159
Adobe · Adobe Acrobat Readerversion=0 <=20.005.30636; version=0 <=24.002.20991; version=0 <=24.003.20054; version=20.0 <=20.005.30635; version=20.0 <=24.002.21005; version=20.0 <=24.003.20054

Published CVSS scores

8.6Adobe Security Bulletin APSB24-70CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8Adobe Systems Incorporated CNACVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution
T1204.002Malicious File

Public exploit references

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