CVE-2026-80159
mediumAcrobat Reader is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation.
Vendor / product: Adobe — acrobat
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.
CVSS
4.0
4.0 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (psirt@adobe.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-08 21:18
Modified: 2026-09-10 21:17
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
adobe / acrobat ≥24.001.20604 <24.001.30429
adobe / acrobat_dc ≥15.008.20082 <26.002.21901
adobe / acrobat_reader_dc ≥15.008.20082 <26.002.21901
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-141.html
References
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC · record ↗