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.

EPSS: 0.005 (37.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

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

psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_MISC, 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.