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CVE-2022-28838

Acrobat Acrobat Pro DC version 22.001.2011x (and earlier), 20.005.3033x (and earlier) and 17.012.3022x (and earlier) are

Acrobat Pro DC version 22.001.2011x (and earlier), 20.005.3033x (and earlier) and 17.012.3022x (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.07813
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  • EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules15 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-416Use After Free
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Affected Products & Versions

8
adobe acrobat dc>= 15.008.20082 and <= 22.001.20085
adobe acrobat reader dc>= 15.008.20082 and <= 22.001.20085
adobe acrobat>= 17.011.30059 and <= 17.012.30205
adobe acrobat reader>= 17.011.30059 and <= 17.012.30205
adobe acrobat>= 20.001.30005 and <= 20.005.30314
adobe acrobat reader>= 20.001.30005 and <= 20.005.30314
adobe acrobat>= 20.001.30005 and <= 20.005.30311
adobe acrobat reader>= 20.001.30005 and <= 20.005.30311
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Sigma Hunt Rules

15
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Microsoft Office Child Process - MacOS
producthighRemote Access Tool - Renamed MeshAgent Execution - MacOS
producthighBinary Padding - MacOS
productmediumSuspicious Execution via macOS Script Editor
productmediumSystem Information Discovery Via Sysctl - MacOS
productmediumNew File Exclusion Added To Time Machine Via Tmutil - MacOS
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · psirt@adobe.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD11 May 2022 · 06:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

2
adobe-psirtAPSB22-39
adobe-psirtAPSB22-16
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