CVE-2010-4091
The EScript.api plugin in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.1, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows and Mac OS X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The EScript.api plugin in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.1, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows and Mac OS X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document that triggers memory corruption, involving the printSeps function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 18.52% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 4 November 2010
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- adobe/acrobat reader · adobe/acrobat
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 18.5% since 26 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.
Public exploits (1)
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.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-11/0024.htmlExploit
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2010/11/potential-issue-in-adobe-reader.html
- http://extraexploit.blogspot.com/2010/11/full-disclosure-xplpdf-adober-reader-94.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/69005
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42095Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42401Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43025Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-28.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-03.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15419Exploit
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0934.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44638
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024684
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025033
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2890Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3111Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0337Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62996
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12527
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-11/0024.htmlExploit
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2010/11/potential-issue-in-adobe-reader.html
- http://extraexploit.blogspot.com/2010/11/full-disclosure-xplpdf-adober-reader-94.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/69005
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42095Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42401Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43025Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.