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CVE-2011-0587 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.2, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows…

published 2011-02-10 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0605

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.2, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows and Mac OS X allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0604.

Patch / fix

  • acroread RHEL 4 EXTRAS 9.4.2-1.el4
  • acroread RHEL 5 EXTRAS 9.4.2-1.el5
  • acroread RHEL 6 EXTRAS 9.4.2-3.el6_0
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 4 EXTRAS 9.4.2-1.el4
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 9.4.2-1.el5
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 6 EXTRAS 9.4.2-3.el6_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0301

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-2011-0587 updated cvss 4.3

acroread: multiple XSS flaws (APSB11-03)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread 9.4.2-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.4.2-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread 9.4.2-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.4.2-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 9.4.2-1.el5, acroread-plugin 9.4.2-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) acroread 9.4.2-3.el6_0, acroread-plugin 9.4.2-3.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread 9.4.2-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.4.2-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 9.4.2-1.el5, acroread-plugin 9.4.2-1.el5
    +3 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) acroread 9.4.2-3.el6_0, acroread-plugin 9.4.2-3.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) acroread 9.4.2-3.el6_0, acroread-plugin 9.4.2-3.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread 9.4.2-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.4.2-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0301

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Exploit prediction

3.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.