CVE-2014-0546
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.11 and 11.x before 11.0.08 on Windows allow attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism, and consequently execute native code in a privileged context, via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 22.33% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 May 2022 · due 15 June 2022
- Affected
- adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat reader
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 22.3% 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-2014-0546
References
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-19.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030711Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-19.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030711Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/199Issue Tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0546US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.