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CVE-2025-54255: Acrobat Reader | Violation of Secure Design Principles (CWE-657)

Analyzed
Published 09-09-2025Last modified 01-10-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-54255 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) Violation of Secure Design Principles vulnerability in adobe acrobat. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-10-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30254, 20.005.30774, 25.001.20672 and earlier are affected by a Violation of Secure Design Principles vulnerability that could result in a security feature bypass impacting integrity. An attacker does not have to be authenticated. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction, and scope is unchanged.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.01 pp

From 0.27% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Adobe4 products
  • acrobat≥ 24.0.0, < 24.001.30264 | ≥ 20.001.30002, < 20.005.30793 | ≥ 20.001.30002, < 20.005.30791
  • acrobat_dc≥ 15.008.20082, < 25.001.20693
  • acrobat_reader≤ 25.001.20672 | ≥ 20.001.30002, < 20.005.30791
  • acrobat_reader_dc≥ 15.008.20082, < 25.001.20693

1 vendor · 4 products

References

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