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

What is CVE-2025-64785?

CVE-2025-64785 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 9 Dec 2025. 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-426

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-64785?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Dc, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc.

How do I fix CVE-2025-64785?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-64785 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-64785 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-64785 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat

• CVE-2021-28550 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2021-21017 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0546 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0496 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-3346 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8

All Adobe Acrobat vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-h444-3g5w-w93p.