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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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Acrobat Reader | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426) | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-426 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: adobe
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-08T20:31:03.760Z
Reserved: 2026-08-25T20:51:11.639Z
Link: CVE-2026-80159
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-08T21:18:42.980
Modified: 2026-09-08T21:18:42.980
Link: CVE-2026-80159
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