{"id":"CVE-2016-1079","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-1079","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:31:21.245Z","title":"Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.16, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30172, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.016.20039 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory…","description":"Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.16, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30172, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.016.20039 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1092.","published":"2016-05-11T10:59:49.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:41:15.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["adobe/acrobat","adobe/acrobat dc","adobe/acrobat reader dc","adobe/reader"],"epss":{"score":0.10026,"percentile":0.95631,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.08921,"percentile":0.95064},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.10026,"percentile":0.95401}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.10026,"from":0.08921,"percentile":0.95401},"summary":"EPSS moved from 8.9% to 10.0% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90511","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035828","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-326","source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-14.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90511","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035828","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-326","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-14.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1079","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}