title: Adobe Acrobat Uninstaller Hard Link Leads To Remote Code Execution
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.
problem types: Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427)
affected:
{
product: Acrobat Reader
vendor: Adobe
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 22.001.20085, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
lessThanOrEqual: 20.005.3031x, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
lessThanOrEqual: 17.012.30205, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
lessThanOrEqual: None, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 6.7
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
]