CVE-2026-80159

Acrobat Reader | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)

CVSS 3.1 4.0 MEDIUMCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

Original advisory

cve-program · CVE-2026-80159

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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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Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2026-80159

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Adobe Acrobat

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "product": "Adobe Acrobat",
                    "vendor": "Adobe",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "26.002.21900",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "0",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "version": "26.002.21901",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        }
                    ]
                }

Acrobat Reader

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "product": "Acrobat Reader",
                    "vendor": "Adobe",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "26.002.21900",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "0",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "version": "26.002.21901",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        }
                    ]
                }

Acrobat 2024

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "product": "Acrobat 2024",
                    "vendor": "Adobe",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "24.001.30383",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "0",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "version": "24.001.30429",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        }
                    ]
                }

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