PT-2025-10876 · Adobe · Acrobat Reader

Published 2025-03-11 · Updated 2025-03-13 · CVE-2025-27162

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30225, 20.005.30748, 25.001.20428 and earlier

Description: The issue is an Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction, where a victim must open a malicious file.

Recommendations: For versions 24.001.30225, 20.005.30748, 25.001.20428 and earlier, update to a version that fixes the Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability to prevent arbitrary code execution. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-824

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-03238

CVE-2025-27162

ZDI-25-135

Affected Products

Acrobat Reader

References · 13

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27162 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-03238 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/718791 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb25-14.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27162 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-135 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-27162 · Note
• https://twitter.com/cybercronai/status/1900158776457548251 · Twitter Post
• https://cert.gov.ru/upload/iblock/fcb/95422q7bfljaa84466231f166xkabm6i/VULN.2025_03_17.1.pdf · Note
• https://reddit.com/r/k12cybersecurity/comments/1j9jvrh/msisac_cybersecurity_advisory_multiple · Reddit Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/20139 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/18968 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1899534638009454942 · Twitter Post