CVE-2025-64785 (GCVE-0-2025-64785)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-09 20:21 – Updated: 2026-04-28 02:23
VLAI?
Title
Acrobat Reader | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
Summary
Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30264, 20.005.30793, 25.001.20982, 24.001.30273, 20.005.30803 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that the user needs to open a malicious file.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Acrobat Reader Affected: 0 , ≤ 20.005.30803 (semver)
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Date Public ?
2025-12-09 17:00
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