High severity · published Dec 9, 2025
CVE-2025-64785
Acrobat Reader | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30264, 20.005.30793, 25.001.20982, 24.001.30273, 20.005.30803 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that the user needs to open a malicious file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
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
AR
Acrobat Reader · Adobe
through 20.005.30803 · source: vendor, NVD
AC
Acrobat · Adobe
20.001.3005 before 20.005.30838; 24.001.20604 before 24.001.30307; 24.001.20604 before 24.001.30308 · source: NVD
AD
Acrobat DC · Adobe
before 25.001.20997 · source: NVD
AR
Acrobat Reader DC · Adobe
before 25.001.20997 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64785
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64785
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb25-119.html
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