High severity · published May 11, 2022
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 vulnerability that…
7.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Acrobat · Adobe
17.011.30059 through 17.012.30205; 20.001.30005 through 20.005.30314; 20.001.30005 through 20.005.30311 · source: NVD
AD
Acrobat DC · Adobe
15.008.20082 through 22.001.20085 · source: NVD
AR
Acrobat Reader · Adobe
17.011.30059 through 17.012.30205; 20.001.30005 through 20.005.30314; 20.001.30005 through 20.005.30311 · source: NVD
AR
Acrobat Reader DC · Adobe
15.008.20082 through 22.001.20085 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28247
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28247
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html
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