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Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-34225 is a high-severity Adobe Acrobat Reader flaw. A malicious PDF could trigger memory misuse and run code as the person who opened it. The practical business risk is document-based compromise through phishing or shared files, especially where users handle external PDFs.
Executive priority
Treat this as a priority endpoint patching item. It is not network-wormable based on the provided evidence, but it can support user-driven compromise through malicious documents.
Technical view
The issue is a CWE-416 use-after-free in Adobe Acrobat Reader AcroForm exportValues handling. Affected Reader versions include 22.001.20142 and earlier, 20.005.30334 and earlier, and 17.012.30229 and earlier. Successful exploitation could execute arbitrary code in the current user context and requires user interaction.
Likely exposure
Organizations are exposed where affected Adobe Acrobat Reader versions remain installed on endpoints that open untrusted or externally supplied PDF files.
Exploitation context
The source bundle states exploitation requires a victim to open a malicious file. KEV is false, and no cited source in the bundle establishes active exploitation.
Researcher notes
Evidence supports high impact but user-assisted exploitation. The bundle does not provide exact fixed version details beyond the Adobe bulletin reference, so remediation should follow APSB22-32 rather than inferred version targets.
Mitigation direction
- Review Adobe APSB22-32 and apply the vendor-recommended Reader update.
- Prioritize endpoints handling external PDFs or high-risk email attachments.
- Limit opening untrusted PDFs until affected installations are updated.
- Use endpoint protections and attachment controls to reduce malicious-file delivery risk.
Validation and detection
- Inventory installed Adobe Acrobat Reader versions across managed endpoints.
- Flag Reader versions 22.001.20142, 20.005.30334, 17.012.30229, and earlier.
- Confirm Adobe APSB22-32 guidance has been applied.
- Check patch compliance first for document-heavy business units.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-32.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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Use After Free
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