CVE-2026-80159

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

Publication date:

08/09/2026

Last modified:

08/09/2026

Description

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&#39;s control. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

4.00

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-141.html