CVE-2022-28247: Acrobat Reader DC version 22.001.2011x (and earlier), 20.005.3033x (and earlier) and 17.012.3022x (and earlier) are affected by an uncontrolled search path…

PriorityP337high7.3CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.46%

37.1th percentile

Acrobat Reader DC version 22.001.2011x (and earlier), 20.005.3033x (and earlier) and 17.012.3022x (and earlier) are affected by an uncontrolled search path vulnerability that could lead to local privilege escalation. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must run the uninstaller with Admin privileges.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	17.011.30059 – 17.012.30205	—
adobe	acrobat	20.001.30005 – 20.005.30314	—
adobe	acrobat	20.001.30005 – 20.005.30311	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	15.008.20082 – 22.001.20085	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	17.011.30059 – 17.012.30205	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	20.001.30005 – 20.005.30314	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	20.001.30005 – 20.005.30311	—
adobe	acrobat_reader	unspecified – 22.001.20085	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	15.008.20082 – 22.001.20085	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.4MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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