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CVE-2025-54255

Acrobat Reader | Violation of Secure Design Principles (CWE-657)

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 17th percentile. Fixed in 25.001.20693.

CVSS 3.14.0MediumEPSS percentile17th0.3% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix25.001.20693Upgrade to this build

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

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What to do

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  • Adobe Acrobat ReaderAffected: ≤ 25.001.20672Upgrade to: after 25.001.20672Stated by: CVE record
  • Adobe Acrobat DcAffected: ≥ 15.008.20082, < 25.001.20693Upgrade to: 25.001.20693Stated by: NVD
  • Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat Reader 2020Affected: до 20.005.30774 включительноUpgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU

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What it is

From the CVE record

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.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS17th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 17th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

5 events over 289 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Patch availablerecord updated
  3. Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Scored 4.0 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
  • Integrity LowData modification is possible but limited in scope or consequence
  • Availability NoneNo availability impact

Weaknesses

Sources

References in the record

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