Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-49535

Medium

Published: 10 December 2024

Published
10 December 2024
Modified
23 January 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0010 27.3th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-49535 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 27.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Acrobat Reader versions 24.005.20307, 24.001.30213, 24.001.30193, 20.005.30730, 20.005.30710 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that allows an attacker to provide malicious XML input containing a reference to an external entity, potentially…

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leading to unauthorized read access outside the Acrobat sandbox. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must process a malicious XML document.

CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

adobe
acrobat
20.001.30002 — 20.005.30748 · 24.0.0 — 24.001.30225
adobe
acrobat dc
≤ 24.005.20320
adobe
acrobat reader
20.001.30002 — 20.005.30748
adobe
acrobat reader dc
≤ 24.005.20320

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

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