Adobe Reader and Acrobat Universal 3D Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 and earlier on Windows and Mac OS X, and Adobe Reader 9.x through 9.4.6 on UNIX, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of…

CheckOps priority index

8.6/10 Patch within 24 h

Severity8.8

Probability8.9

Exploitation4/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 88.6% higher than 99.8% of CVEs

CVSS 3.1 8.8 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:

Exploited for 1,609 days 08 Jun 2022

CISA due date 22 Jun 2022 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 4 / 5

KEV catalog (CISA)08 Jun 2022
Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)08 Jun 2022
Used by ransomwareno
EPSS above 10 %88.6%
No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Description ENISA EUVD

Affected products

Reader and Acrobat

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

07 Dec 2011
Published
08 Jun 2022
Exploitation reported (ENISA)
08 Jun 2022
Added to the KEV catalog
22 Jun 2022
CISA remediation due date
02 Oct 2026
EPSS peak: 88.9%

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