CVE-2023-29299 Adobe Acrobat Reader Untrusted Search Path Application denial-of-service

2023-08-1013:17:48

CWE-426

adobe

www.cve.org

adobe acrobat reader

untrusted search path

application dos

powershell

exploitation

user interaction

malicious file

CVSS3

4.7

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

5.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

20.1%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "product": "Acrobat Reader",
    "vendor": "Adobe",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "23.003.20244",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ]
  }
]