CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-29299
4.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could lead to Application denial-of-service. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability if the default PowerShell Set-ExecutionPolicy is set to Unrestricted, making the attack complexity high. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Affected configurations
• adobe acrobat dc (>= 15.008.20082 < 23.003.20269)
• adobe acrobat reader dc (>= 15.008.20082 < 23.003.20269)
• adobe acrobat (>= 20.001.30005 <= 20.005.30516.10516)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.001.30005 < 20.005.30516.10516)
• adobe acrobat (>= 20.001.30005 < 20.005.30514.10514)
• adobe acrobat reader (>= 20.001.30005 < 20.005.30514.10514)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory