Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30763/24.001.30235/25.001.20521 information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30763/24.001.30235/25.001.20521. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-43579. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30763/24.001.30235/25.001.20521 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30235, 20.005.30763, 25.001.20521 and earlier are affected by an Information Exposure vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-43579 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/11/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 238099 (Adobe Reader < 20.005.30774 / 25.001.20529 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-57) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (238099). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Adobe

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• Acrobat Reader

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• 20.005.30763
• 24.001.30235
• 25.001.20521

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• free

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• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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