Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-29299 - Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Adobe products

CVSS 4.7 - MEDIUM

Attack vector

LOCAL

Attack complexity

HIGH

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

NONE

Integrity impact

NONE

Availability impact

HIGH

local

high complexity

adobe

CWE-426

NVD

Published: 2023-08-10

Updated: 2023-08-15

Summary

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could lead to Application denial-of-service. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability if the default PowerShell Set-ExecutionPolicy is set to Unrestricted, making the attack complexity high. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Adobe Adobe Acrobat DC 15.008.20082 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.009.20069 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.009.20071 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.009.20077 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.009.20079 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.010.20056 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.010.20059 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.010.20060 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.016.20039 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.016.20041 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.016.20045 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.017.20050 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.017.20053 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.020.20039 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.020.20042 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.023.20053 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.023.20056 Adobe Acrobat DC 15.023.20070 Adobe Acrobat DC 17.000.0000 Adobe Acrobat DC 17.009.20044 Adobe Acrobat DC 17.009.20058 Adobe Acrobat DC 17.012.20093 Adobe Acrobat DC 17.012.20095 Adobe Acrobat DC 17.012.20096 Adobe Acrobat DC 17.012.20098 Adobe Acrobat DC 18.0 Adobe Acrobat DC 18.009.20044 Adobe Acrobat DC 18.009.20050 Adobe Acrobat DC 18.011.20035 Adobe Acrobat DC 18.011.20038 Adobe Acrobat DC 18.011.20040 Adobe Acrobat DC 18.011.20055 Adobe Acrobat DC 18.011.20058 Adobe Acrobat DC 18.011.20063 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.008.20071 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.008.20074 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.008.20080 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.008.20081 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.010.20064 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.010.20069 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.010.20091 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.010.20098 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.010.20099 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.010.20100 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.012.20034 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.012.20035 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.012.20036 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.021.20047 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.021.20056 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.021.20058 Adobe Acrobat DC 19.021.20061 Adobe Acrobat DC 20.006.20042 Adobe Acrobat DC 20.009.20074 Adobe Acrobat DC 20.012.20048 Adobe Acrobat DC 20.013.20066 Adobe Acrobat DC 20.013.20074 Adobe Acrobat DC 21.001.20149 Adobe Acrobat DC 21.001.20150 Adobe Acrobat DC 21.001.20155 Adobe Acrobat DC 22.001.20085 Adobe Acrobat DC 22.001.20169 Adobe Acrobat DC 22.002.20212 Adobe Acrobat DC 22.003.20258 Adobe Acrobat DC 22.003.20310 Adobe Acrobat DC 23.001.20093 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.008.20082 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.009.20069 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.009.20071 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.009.20077 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.009.20079 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.010.20056 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.010.20059 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.010.20060 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.016.20039 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.016.20041 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.016.20045 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.017.20050 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.017.20053 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.020.20039 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.020.20042 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.023.20053 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.023.20056 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.023.20070 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 17.000.0000 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 17.009.20044 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 17.009.20058 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 17.012.20093 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 17.012.20095 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 17.012.20098 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 18.0 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 18.009.20044 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 18.009.20050 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 18.011.20035 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 18.011.20038 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 18.011.20040 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 18.011.20055 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 18.011.20063 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.008.20071 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.008.20074 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.008.20080 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.008.20081 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.010.20064 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.010.20069 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.010.20091 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.010.20098 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.010.20099 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.010.20100 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.012.20034 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.012.20035 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.012.20036 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.021.20047 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.021.20056 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.021.20058 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 19.021.20061 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 20.006.20042 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 20.009.20074 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 20.012.20048 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 20.013.20066 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 20.013.20074 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 21.001.20149 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 21.001.20150 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 21.001.20155 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 22.001.20085 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 22.001.20169 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 22.002.20212 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 22.003.20258 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 22.003.20310 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 23.001.20093 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 23.003.20244 Adobe Acrobat 20.001.30005 Adobe Acrobat 20.001.30010 Adobe Acrobat 20.001.30018 Adobe Acrobat 20.001.30020 Adobe Acrobat 20.001.30025 Adobe Acrobat 20.005.30311 Adobe Acrobat 20.005.30314 Adobe Acrobat 20.005.30362 Adobe Acrobat 20.005.30381 Adobe Acrobat 20.005.30407 Adobe Acrobat 20.005.30436 Adobe Acrobat 20.005.30441 Adobe Acrobat 20.005.30467 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.001.30005 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.001.30010 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.001.30018 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.001.30020 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.001.30025 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.001.300183 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.004.30005 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.004.30006 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.005.30311 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.005.30314 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.005.30362 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.005.30381 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.005.30407 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.005.30436 Adobe Acrobat Reader 20.005.30441	157
OS	Apple Apple Macos -	1
OS	Microsoft Microsoft Windows -	1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths
This attack loads a malicious resource into a program's standard path used to bootstrap and/or provide contextual information for a program like a path variable or classpath. J2EE applications and other component based applications that are built from multiple binaries can have very long list of dependencies to execute. If one of these libraries and/or references is controllable by the attacker then application controls can be circumvented by the attacker. A standard UNIX path looks similar to this If the attacker modifies the path variable to point to a locale that includes malicious resources then the user unwittingly can execute commands on the attackers' behalf: This is a form of usurping control of the program and the attack can be done on the classpath, database resources, or any other resources built from compound parts. At runtime detection and blocking of this attack is nearly impossible, because the configuration allows execution.

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html