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CVE-2010-0188 kev+ ransomware in the critical feed json

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 (…

published 16y ago modified 2mo ago also EUVD-2010-0219

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-03-03, used in ransomware
epss
88.1%
EPSS 88.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
5
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • adobe acrobat 8.2.1, 9.3.1
  • adobe acrobat_reader 8.2.1, 9.3.1
  • acroread RHEL 4 EXTRAS 9.3.1-1.el4
  • acroread RHEL 5 EXTRAS 9.3.1-1.el5
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 4 EXTRAS 9.3.1-1.el4
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 9.3.1-1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0114

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-0188 updated cvss 6.8

acroread: unspecified code execution flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread 9.3.1-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.3.1-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread 9.3.1-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.3.1-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 9.3.1-1.el5, acroread-plugin 9.3.1-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread 9.3.1-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.3.1-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 9.3.1-1.el5, acroread-plugin 9.3.1-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread 9.3.1-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.3.1-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0114

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_libtiff)
  2. Published
  3. CISA SSVC: exploitation active
  4. Added to CISA KEV
  5. CISA patch deadline

Known exploited

Added
4y ago
Patch by
2022-03-24 (4y ago)
Ransomware
Known to be used in ransomware campaigns
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Adobe, Reader and Acrobat
CISA name
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

ATT&CK techniques

How it is exploited and what it leads to, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

  • T1189 Drive-by Compromise exploitation
  • T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer primary impact

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
4y ago

Exploit prediction

88.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_libtiff Adobe Acrobat Bundled LibTIFF Integer Overflow metasploit exploit, good rank, 2010-02-16
  • EDB-21869 Apple iOS Mobile Mail - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2012-10-09
  • EDB-21868 Apple iOS Mobile Safari - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2012-10-09
  • EDB-16670 Adobe Acrobat - Bundled LibTIFF Integer Overflow (Metasploit) local, 2010-09-25
  • EDB-11787 Adobe Reader PDF - LibTiff Integer Overflow Code Execution local, 2010-03-17

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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