CVE-2026-80159

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 v3 4.0 MEDIUM

4.0^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.3 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-141.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::continuous:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous:::*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-09-08 21:18

Updated : 2026-09-10 21:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-80159

Mitre link : CVE-2026-80159

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-80159

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

adobe

acrobat_reader_dc
acrobat
acrobat_dc

apple

macos

CWE

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

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