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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-4872

This vulnerability is a security bypass vulnerability that leads to a sandbox escape.

CRITICAL 10.0EPSS 11.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018.009.20050 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30070 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30394 and earlier versions. This vulnerability is a security bypass vulnerability that leads to a sandbox escape. Specifically, the vulnerability exists in the way a cross call is handled.

CVSS 3.0
10.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
11.52% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat dc · adobe/acrobat reader · adobe/acrobat reader dc
Source
psirt@adobe.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%21 September 2026: 10.07%22 September 2026: 11.52%27 October 2026: 11.52%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 10.1% on 21 September 2026 to 11.5% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

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