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CVE-2022-28233: 
Adobe Acrobat Reader Continuous vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 and earlier are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of annotations. This vulnerability was disclosed on May 11, 2022, and affects multiple versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader (NVD, Adobe Security).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Use After Free (CWE-416) issue with a CVSS v2.0 score of 9.3 (HIGH). The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.0 rating of 7.8, with the following vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating local access requirements but potentially severe impacts (Adobe Security).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution with the potential for an attacker to gain the same privileges as the targeted user. The vulnerability affects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system, as indicated by the high ratings in these categories in the CVSS score (Adobe Security).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the latest version of Adobe Acrobat and Reader. The fix was included in Adobe's security bulletin APSB22-16 (Adobe Security).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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