CVE-2026-80159

Acrobat Reader | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)

State
Published
Severity
4.0 Medium
Published
Sep 8, 2026
Updated
Sep 17, 2026
Reserved
Aug 25, 2026

Read the record on cve.org

Description

Acrobat Reader is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker with high privileges could leverage this vulnerability to gain elevated access. Exploit depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nadobe

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Adobe AcrobatAdobe
  • 26.002.21900 and earlierAffected
  • 26.002.21901Not affected
Acrobat ReaderAdobe
  • 26.002.21900 and earlierAffected
  • 26.002.21901Not affected
Acrobat 2024Adobe
  • 24.001.30383 and earlierAffected
  • 24.001.30429Not affected

References

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.