CVE-2023-29299 - OpenCVE

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could lead to Application denial-of-service. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability if the default PowerShell Set-ExecutionPolicy is set to Unrestricted, making the attack complexity high. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

Vendors & Products
CPE Configurations

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Acrobat Reader Dc Acrobat Acrobat Reader Acrobat Dc
Microsoft	Windows
Apple	Macos

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	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:-:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

Link	Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

History

No history.

MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2023-08-10T13:17:48.014Z

Updated: 2023-08-10T13:17:48.014Z

Reserved: 2023-04-04T20:46:42.577Z

Link: CVE-2023-29299

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NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-08-10T14:15:11.530

Modified: 2023-08-15T17:49:51.120

Link: CVE-2023-29299

JSON object: View

Redhat Information

No data.

CWE

CWE-426

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