{"id":"CVE-2026-80159","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-80159","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:46:32.913Z","title":"Acrobat Reader is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation.","description":"Acrobat Reader is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker with high privileges could leverage this vulnerability to gain elevated access. Exploit depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.","published":"2026-09-08T21:18:43.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-10T21:17:48.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-426"],"affected":["adobe/acrobat","adobe/acrobat dc","adobe/acrobat reader dc"],"epss":{"score":0.00195,"percentile":0.09067,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-141.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80159","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}