CVE-2022-28247: Adobe Acrobat

High severity, CVSS 7.3. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Acrobat Reader DC version 22.001.2011x (and earlier), 20.005.3033x (and earlier) and 17.012.3022x (and earlier) are affected by an uncontrolled search path vulnerability that could lead to local privilege escalation. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must run the uninstaller with Admin privileges.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat: from 17.011.30059, up to and including 17.012.30205; from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.005.30314; from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.005.30311
• Adobe Acrobat DC: from 15.008.20082, up to and including 22.001.20085
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: from 17.011.30059, up to and including 17.012.30205; from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.005.30314; from 20.001.30005, up to and including 20.005.30311
• Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: from 15.008.20082, up to and including 22.001.20085

Published 2022-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.