title: Adobe Acrobat Reader Untrusted Search Path Application denial-of-service
description: 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.
problem types: Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
affected:
{
defaultStatus: affected
product: Acrobat Reader
vendor: Adobe
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 23.003.20244, status: affected, version: 0, versionType: semver
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: HIGH
availabilityRequirement: NOT_DEFINED
baseScore: 4.7
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: NONE
confidentialityRequirement: NOT_DEFINED
environmentalScore: 4.7
environmentalSeverity: MEDIUM
exploitCodeMaturity: NOT_DEFINED
integrityImpact: NONE
integrityRequirement: NOT_DEFINED
modifiedAttackComplexity: HIGH
modifiedAttackVector: LOCAL
modifiedAvailabilityImpact: HIGH
modifiedConfidentialityImpact: NONE
modifiedIntegrityImpact: NONE
modifiedPrivilegesRequired: NONE
modifiedScope: NOT_DEFINED
modifiedUserInteraction: REQUIRED
privilegesRequired: NONE
remediationLevel: NOT_DEFINED
reportConfidence: NOT_DEFINED
scope: UNCHANGED
temporalScore: 4.7
temporalSeverity: MEDIUM
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
version: 3.1
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL