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
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
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.0 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | adobe |
Weaknesses
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Adobe AcrobatAdobe |
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Acrobat ReaderAdobe |
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Acrobat 2024Adobe |
|
References
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