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CVE-2025-43573
Adobe Acrobat Reader Continuous vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30235, 20.005.30763, 25.001.20521 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 (NVD, CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Use After Free (CWE-416) issue. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that while local access is required, the vulnerability requires low attack complexity, no privileges, and user interaction, while potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability at high levels (NVD, Wiz).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. This means an attacker could potentially execute malicious code with the same privileges as the user running Acrobat Reader (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update their Adobe Acrobat Reader installations to versions newer than 24.001.30235, 20.005.30763, and 25.001.20521 to address this vulnerability (Adobe Security).

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