CVE-2026-80159: Acrobat Reader is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker with high privileges could leverage…

PriorityP417medium4CVSS 3.1

AVLACHPRHUIRSUCHINAN

EPSS

0.19%

8.7th percentile

Acrobat Reader is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker with high privileges could leverage this vulnerability to gain elevated access. Exploit depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	>= 24.001.20604 < 24.001.30429	24.001.30429
adobe	acrobat_2024	<= 24.001.30383	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	>= 15.008.20082 < 26.002.21901	26.002.21901
adobe	acrobat_reader	<= 26.002.21900	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	>= 15.008.20082 < 26.002.21901	26.002.21901
adobe	adobe_acrobat	<= 26.002.21900	—

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