VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2010-0188

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

KEVEXPLOIT ×4 ✓HIGH 7.8EPSS 88.2%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 88.25% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits: 4 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 17 March 2010
CISA KEV: Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
Affected: adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat reader
Source: psirt@adobe.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 88.2% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0188

Public exploits (4)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-21869 source ↗	Apple iOS Mobile Mail - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)ios · Metasploit	remote	9 October 2012	yes
EDB-21868 source ↗	Apple iOS Mobile Safari - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)ios · Metasploit	remote	9 October 2012	yes
EDB-16670 source ↗	Adobe Acrobat - Bundled LibTIFF Integer Overflow (Metasploit)windows · Metasploit	local	25 September 2010	yes
EDB-11787 source ↗	Adobe Reader PDF - LibTiff Integer Overflow Code Executionwindows · villy	local	17 March 2010	yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38639Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023601Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-07.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0114.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38195Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0399Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56297Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8697Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38639Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023601Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-07.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0114.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38195Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0399Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56297Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8697Broken Link
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0188US Government Resource

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.