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Medium · 6.7 CVE-2022-28247 EUVD-2022-32699GHSA-mg49-w752-755j

Adobe Acrobat Uninstaller Hard Link Leads To Remote Code Execution

Published May 11, 2022 · Updated May 27, 2026 · Assigned by adobe

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Adobe Acrobat Reader unspecified – ≤ 22.001.20085, unspecified – ≤ 20.005.3031x, unspecified – ≤ 17.012.30205, unspecified – ≤ None —

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