Vulnerability · Published May 11, 2022 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2022-27789Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in Acrobat Reader from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.0% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)4.0%top 9.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of the acroform event that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Adobe Acrobat Reader unspecified – through 22.001.20085unspecified – through 20.005.3031xunspecified – through 17.012.30205unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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