CVE•Published 2020-08-19•Modified 2026-04-14•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2020-9715Adobe · Acrobat_dc
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
99
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 1% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have an use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .
Timeline
Published 2020-08-19
Modified 2026-04-14
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2020-9715Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Adobe Acrobat Dc"All exposed Adobe Acrobat Dc instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Acrobat Dc"HTTP body or banner mentions "Acrobat Dc" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2020-9715Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2020-9715Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2020-9715Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2020-9715GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2020-9715" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.