THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-28234
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2022-28234

Acrobat Dc vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.9%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted .pdf file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted .pdf file
Affected vendor
Adobe
Affected product
Acrobat Dc
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2022-05-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-28234

  • Confirm whether Adobe Acrobat Dc is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-28234.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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