CVE-2010-0188

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

Act

*SSVC

Descriptions

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.2.1 and 9.x before 9.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Vulnerabilidad no específica en Adobe Reader y Acrobat v8.x anteriores a v8.2.1 y v9.x anteriores v9.3.1, permite a atacantes provocar una denegación de servicio (caidas de aplicación) o posiblemente ejecutar código de su elección a través de vectores no especificados.

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Act

Exploitation

Active

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2010-01-06 CVE Reserved
2010-02-21 CVE Published
2010-03-17 First Exploit
2022-03-03 Exploited in Wild
2022-03-24 KEV Due Date
2025-02-04 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated

CWE

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CAPEC

References (16)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023601	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38195	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56297	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8697	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21869	2012-10-09
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21868	2012-10-09
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16670	2010-09-25
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11787	2010-03-17

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html	2017-09-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/38639	2017-09-19
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-07.html	2017-09-19
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0114.html	2017-09-19
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0399	2017-09-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0188	2010-02-18
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566087	2010-02-18

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				8.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				8.1 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				8.1.1 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.1"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				8.1.3 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.3"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				8.1.4 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.4"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				8.1.5 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.5"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				8.1.6 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.6"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				8.1.7 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.7"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				9.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				9.1 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.1"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				9.1.1 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.1.1"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				9.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.1.2"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				9.1.3 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.1.3"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				9.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.2"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"				9.3 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3"		-		Affected