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CVE record · CVE-2020-9715

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CVSS 7.8 HighCriticalIn CISA KEVEPSS 0.33 · 98th percentile

Critical, because:

  • In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 13 Apr 2026: it is known to be exploited.
  • CVSS score 7.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.33 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: adobe) at 19 Aug 2020, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Adobe Adobe Acrobat and Reader
  • affected 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier versions
Identifiers
CVE-2020-9715
CNA
adobe
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-416
Tags
Published
19 Aug 2020
Updated
13 Apr 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H ADP (CISA-ADP)
  • CISA KEV Listed since 13 Apr 2026: known to be exploited.
  • EPSS 0.33, the 98th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 19 Aug 2020. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.