CVE-2025-64785 HIGH

CVE-2025-64785: Acrobat Reader | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)

Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Weakness CWE-426
Published December 9, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30264, 20.005.30793, 25.001.20982, 24.001.30273, 20.005.30803 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that the user needs to open a malicious file.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 9, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated