CVE-2023-29299

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS4.7

Exploit probability—

Product

Adobe Acrobat Dc

PublishedAug 10, 2023

First seenAug 10, 2023

Weakness typeCWE-426CWE-426

How to fix

Update

adobe acrobat_dc23.003.20269 or later
adobe acrobat_reader_dc23.003.20269 or later
adobe acrobat20.005.30514.10514 or later
adobe acrobat_reader20.005.30516.10516, 20.005.30514.10514 or later

Vendor advisories

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

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
adobe acrobat_dc	15.008.20082 ≤ v < 23.003.20269	23.003.20269
adobe acrobat_reader_dc	15.008.20082 ≤ v < 23.003.20269	23.003.20269
adobe acrobat	20.001.30005 ≤ v ≤ 20.005.30516.10516, 20.001.30005 ≤ v < 20.005.30514.10514	20.005.30514.10514
adobe acrobat_reader	20.001.30005 ≤ v < 20.005.30516.10516, 20.001.30005 ≤ v < 20.005.30514.10514	20.005.30516.10516, 20.005.30514.10514

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