Adobe Acrobat Extension Flaw Let Malicious Sites Read WhatsApp Web Data

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  • Original (extern): Link oeffnen
  • Veroeffentlicht: 2026-07-22 15:01 UTC
  • Importiert: 2026-07-29 07:07 UTC
  • CVSS: 7.4
  • Quelle-ID: thn_global
  • uid_hash: 4d6b7286f53f16dd2a573abd175f5c2144be1ea412464147e74e28ba5e077912
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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability chain in the Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension that has over 314 million users, which, if exploited, could facilitate a silent hijack of a user's WhatsApp data.

The shortcoming has been codenamed HermeticReader by Guardio Labs. It's officially tracked as CVE-2026-48294 (CVSS score: 7.4), with the vulnerability

Verknuepfte CVEs

CVE-ID Severity (Quelle) CVSS (Quelle) Severity (CVE.org) CVSS (CVE.org) EPSS EPSS-Pctl Veroeffentlicht (CVE.org)

CVE-2026-48294

HIGH

7.4

HIGH

7.4

2026-06-16

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