CVE-2022-27789

moderate-risk
Published 2022-05-11

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.

Do I need to act?

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5.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Adobe

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html
Vendor Advisory https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 9/34 · Low
Exposure 10/34 · Low