OpenCVE

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could lead to Application denial-of-service. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability if the default PowerShell Set-ExecutionPolicy is set to Unrestricted, making the attack complexity high. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Acrobat Acrobat Dc Acrobat Reader Acrobat Reader Dc
Apple	Macos
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::continuous:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous:::*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2023-08-10T13:17:48.014Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:07:44.392Z

Reserved: 2023-04-04T20:46:42.577Z

Link: CVE-2023-29299

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-10T14:15:11.530

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:56:49.393

Link: CVE-2023-29299

Redhat

No data.

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