CVE-2025-64785: Acrobat Reader | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-64785 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in adobe acrobat. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 09-12-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 28-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30264, 20.005.30793, 25.001.20982, 24.001.30273, 20.005.30803 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that the user needs to open a malicious file.

• CWE-426Untrusted Search PathThe product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.