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CVE-2025-54255 (GCVE-0-2025-54255)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-09 20:10 – Updated: 2025-10-01 21:37
VLAI
Title
Acrobat Reader | Violation of Secure Design Principles (CWE-657)
Summary
Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30254, 20.005.30774, 25.001.20672 and earlier are affected by a Violation of Secure Design Principles vulnerability that could result in a security feature bypass impacting integrity. An attacker does not have to be authenticated. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction, and scope is unchanged.
Severity
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-09 20:17 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-657 - Violation of Secure Design Principles (CWE-657)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Adobe Acrobat Reader Affected: 0 , ≤ 25.001.20672 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-09-09 17:00
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