CWE-657

Violation of Secure Design Principles

The product violates well-established principles for secure design.

CVE-2025-54255 (GCVE-0-2025-54255)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-09 20:10
Modified
2025-10-01 21:37
CWE
  • CWE-657 - Violation of Secure Design Principles ()
Summary
Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30254, 20.005.30774, 25.001.20672 and earlier are affected by a Violation of Secure Design Principles vulnerability that could result in a security feature bypass impacting integrity. An attacker does not have to be authenticated. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction, and scope is unchanged.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Acrobat Reader Version: 0    25.001.20672
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