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.
Published: 2022-05-11
Score: 6.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-32699 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.
History

Wed, 27 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Adobe Acrobat Acrobat Dc Acrobat Reader Acrobat Reader Dc
Apple Macos
Microsoft Windows
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-27T15:15:26.418Z

Reserved: 2022-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-28247

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T05:48:37.637Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-11T18:15:27.647

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:57:01.847

Link: CVE-2022-28247

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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