CVE-2011-2462
Adobe Reader and Acrobat: Universal 3D Memory Corruption
As of , CVE-2011-2462 in Adobe Reader and Acrobat is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 8 June 2022
- US federal deadline
- 22 June 202214 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.89Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.90 on 8 June 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry (1 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
The Universal 3D (U3D) component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat contains a memory corruption vulnerability which could allow remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).
CISA's description
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 service (memory corruption) via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2011.
The CVE record's description, from adobe
- CVE published
- 7 December 2011
- Assigned by
- adobe
- CVSS
- 8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-787
- Out-of-bounds Write
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 18366).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
- CISA changed its entry. Renamed from Acrobat and Reader to Reader and Acrobat. Edited: description and name.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Adobe Reader U3D Memory Corruption Vulnerabilityexploit module, rank average
- Exploit-DB: Adobe Reader - U3D Memory Corruption (Metasploit)EDB-ID 18366, verified by Exploit-DB, 14 January 2012
Reader and Acrobat: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2009-0927Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.97; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.97 | ||
| CVE-2010-0188Arbitrary Code Execution | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.88; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.88 | ||
| CVE-2013-3346Memory Corruption | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.79; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.79 | ||
| CVE-2013-0640Memory Corruption | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekEPSS 0.87; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.87 | ||
| CVE-2013-2729Arbitrary Integer Overflow | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekEPSS 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
| CVE-2014-0496Use-After-Free | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch soon | 0.40 | ||
| CVE-2014-0546Sandbox Bypass | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch soon | 0.22 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org