Acrobat Reader is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker with high privileges could leverage this vulnerability to gain elevated access. Exploit depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
zetlyn/cve-nvd vulnerability cve CVE-2026-80159 cpe cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* cpe cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* cpe cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* cpe cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* known 2026-09-08
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80159
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