CVE-2025-64785

Acrobat Reader | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Dec 9, 2025
Updated
Apr 28, 2026
Reserved
Nov 11, 2025

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hadobe

Weaknesses

  • CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Acrobat ReaderAdobe
  • 20.005.30803 and earlierAffected

References

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