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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-32874 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.
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History

Thu, 28 May 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-28T19:15:05.498Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-29299

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:07:44.392Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:56:49.393

Link: CVE-2023-29299

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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