CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-28247
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-05-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
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.
Affected configurations
• adobe acrobat dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 22.001.20085)
• adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 <= 22.001.20085)
• adobe acrobat (>= 17.011.30059 <= 17.012.30205)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 17.011.30059 <= 17.012.30205)
• adobe acrobat (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.005.30314)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.005.30314)
• adobe acrobat (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.005.30311)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.005.30311)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html Vendor Advisory