CVE-2022-28247 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.3HIGHNVD
CNA6.7
EPSS
0.3%
top 45.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe Acrobat ReaderAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DC+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 11
Latest updateMay 12

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.3 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5adobe/acrobat_readerunspecified — 22.001.20085+3
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.011.30059 — 17.012.30205+2
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc15.008.20082 — 22.001.20085
▶NVDadobe/acrobat17.011.30059 — 17.012.30205+2
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc15.008.20082 — 22.001.20085

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mg49-w752-755j: Acrobat Reader DC version 22↗2022-05-12
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CVEList
Adobe Acrobat Uninstaller Hard Link Leads To Remote Code Execution↗2022-05-11
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