CVE-2022-28247 (GCVE-0-2022-28247)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-11 17:42 – Updated: 2026-05-27 15:15
VLAI
Title
Adobe Acrobat Uninstaller Hard Link Leads To Remote Code Execution
Summary
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.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Acrobat Reader Affected: unspecified , ≤ 22.001.20085 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ 20.005.3031x (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ 17.012.30205 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ None (custom)
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Date Public
2022-04-12 00:00
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