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CVE-2022-28247

Published: May 11, 2022

Modified: May 27, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.7

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

Adobe

Acrobat Reader

affected
unspecified - <= 22.001.20085
affected
unspecified - <= 20.005.3031x
affected
unspecified - <= 17.012.30205
affected
unspecified - <= None

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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