CVE-2023-29299 (GCVE-0-2023-29299)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-10 13:17
Modified
2024-08-02 14:07
Severity ?
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path ()
Summary
Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could lead to Application denial-of-service. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability if the default PowerShell Set-ExecutionPolicy is set to Unrestricted, making the attack complexity high. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Acrobat Reader Version: 0   ≤ 23.003.20244
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