Acrobat Reader is affected by an Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary…

cve CVE-2026-80161 1 source, 1 claim · Watch

NVD writes:
Acrobat Reader is affected by an Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. the claim
Severity
HIGH NVD
CVSS
7.8 NVD
Vendor
Adobe NVD
Product
Adobe Acrobat NVD
CWE
CWE-843 NVD

How far exploitation has got

  1. No public code known
  2. Proof of concept
  3. Proof of concept, verified
  4. A Metasploit module
  5. Exploited in the wild
  6. Used in ransomware campaigns

Timeline

2026-09-08first spoke of it: Acrobat Reader is affected by an Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.NVD

Acrobat Reader is affected by an Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

What it is to other things

affectsadobe/acrobat
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affectsadobe/acrobat_dc
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affectsadobe/acrobat_reader_dc
NVD
affectsapple/macos
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affectsmicrosoft/windows
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made_byadobe
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made_byapple
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made_bymicrosoft
NVD

In words only, so not counted until a person confirms one:

affectsadobe/adobe_acrobat
NVD says “Adobe · Adobe Acrobat”
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Said since
2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
Last answered
2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original
open at the source
2026-10-06 12:31 UTCno
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC—
What the source handed over
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2026-10-06 12:31 UTC
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2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original
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2026-10-06 12:31 UTCnone
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2026-09-29 09:45 UTC—
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2026-09-29 09:45 UTC
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vulnerability

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zetlyn/cve-nvd · 2026-09-08
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