What is CVE-2022-28247?

CVE-2022-28247 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2022-05-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-28247?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2022-28247

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.

Published 2022-05-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat Dc
Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions unspecified
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc
Apple macOS
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28247?: CVE-2022-28247 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2022-05-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-28247?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.