CVE-2022-28244 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-28244: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC CSP Bypass Leads To Privilege Escalation

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-657
Published May 11, 2022
Last update May 27, 2026

CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) is affected by a violation of secure design principles through bypassing the content security policy, which could result in an attacker sending arbitrarily configured requests to the cross-origin attack target domain. Exploitation requires user interaction in which the victim needs to access a crafted PDF file on an attacker's server.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 11, 2022 CVE published
May 27, 2026 Record updated