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AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Local file-open trigger (AV:L), no attacker privileges needed (PR:N), mandatory victim interaction (UI:R), and availability-only impact with no confidentiality or integrity loss.
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CVSS VectorVendor: adobe
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Acrobat Reader is affected by an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust system resources, resulting in an application denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
AnalysisAI
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Adobe Acrobat Reader and Acrobat 2024 enables application-level denial of service when a victim opens a specially crafted document. Affecting Acrobat Reader up to version 26.002.21900 and Acrobat 2024 up to 24.001.30383, the flaw (CWE-400) allows a malicious file to exhaust system resources and crash or freeze the application. …
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Vulnerability AssessmentAI
| Exploitation | Exploitation requires the victim to actively open a maliciously crafted file in a vulnerable version of Adobe Acrobat Reader or Acrobat 2024, as confirmed by the CVSS UI:R metric. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | CVSS 5.5 (Medium) with vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H reflects an accurate and conservative rating for this vulnerability. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in. |
| Remediation | Apply the patches released by Adobe under advisory APSB26-141 (https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-141.html). … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Same weakness CWE-400 – Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-74197
GHSA-xv4v-jrhv-3vpf