CVE-2022-28244 Adobe Acrobat Reader DC CSP Bypass Leads To Privilege Escalation
Attackers can bypass Content Security Policy in Adobe Acrobat Reader to send arbitrary cross-origin requests, leading to privilege escalation via crafted PDFs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-28244?
CVE-2022-28244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 11 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 (and earlier), 20.005.3031x (and earlier) and 17.012.30205 (and earlier) is affected by a violation of secure design principles through bypassing the content security policy, which could result in an attacker sending arbitrarily configured requests to the cross-origin attack target domain. Exploitation requires user interaction in which the victim needs to access a crafted PDF file on an attacker's server.
Weakness: CWE-657
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28244?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Dc, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc.
How do I fix CVE-2022-28244?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-28244 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-28244 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28244 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j69f-2mqm-rh7p.