Acrobat Reader is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker with high privileges could leverage this vulnerability to gain elevated access. Exploit depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

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Description Acrobat Reader is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker with high privileges could leverage this vulnerability to gain elevated access. Exploit depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Title Acrobat Reader | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
Weaknesses CWE-426
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-08T20:31:03.760Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T20:51:11.639Z

Link: CVE-2026-80159

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-08T21:18:42.980

Modified: 2026-09-08T21:18:42.980

Link: CVE-2026-80159

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