CVE-2023-29299

MEDIUM

Adobe Acrobat Reader <23.003.20244 & <20.005.30467 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7

EPSS 0.0030

EPSS Percentile 21.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-426

Status published

Products (5)

adobe/acrobat 20.001.30005 - 20.005.30516.10516

Adobe/Acrobat Reader < 23.003.20244

adobe/acrobat_dc 15.008.20082 - 23.003.20269

adobe/acrobat_reader 20.001.30005 - 20.005.30516.10516

adobe/acrobat_reader_dc 15.008.20082 - 23.003.20269

Published Aug 10, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026