CVE-2013-0640
Adobe Reader and Acrobat: Memory Corruption
As of , CVE-2013-0640 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 3 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 24 March 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.87Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.69 on 3 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 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
An memory corruption vulnerability exists in the acroform.dll in Adobe Reader that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.
CISA's description
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.
The CVE record's description, from adobe
- CVE published
- 14 February 2013
- Assigned by
- adobe
- CVSS
- 7.8 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 29881).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Exploit-DB: Adobe Acrobat Reader - ASLR + DEP Bypass with Sandbox BypassEDB-ID 29881, verified by Exploit-DB, 28 November 2013
Reader and Acrobat: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2011-2462Universal 3D Memory Corruption | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.89; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.89 | ||
| 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-2013-2729Arbitrary 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