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CVE-2011-2462 kev in the critical feed json

Unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 and earlier on Windows and Mac OS X, and Adobe Reader 9.x…

published 2011-12-07 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-2451

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-06-08
epss
88.6%
EPSS 88.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 and earlier on Windows and Mac OS X, and Adobe Reader 9.x through 9.4.6 on UNIX, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2011.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • acroread RHEL 4 EXTRAS 9.4.7-1.el4
  • acroread RHEL 5 EXTRAS 9.4.7-1.el5
  • acroread RHEL 6 EXTRAS 9.4.7-1.el6
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 4 EXTRAS 9.4.7-1.el4
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 9.4.7-1.el5
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 6 EXTRAS 9.4.7-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:0011

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-2011-2462 updated cvss 6.8

acroread: U3D memory corruption vulnerability (APSB11-30)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread 9.4.7-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.4.7-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread 9.4.7-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.4.7-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 9.4.7-1.el5, acroread-plugin 9.4.7-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) acroread 9.4.7-1.el6, acroread-plugin 9.4.7-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread 9.4.7-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.4.7-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 9.4.7-1.el5, acroread-plugin 9.4.7-1.el5
    +3 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) acroread 9.4.7-1.el6, acroread-plugin 9.4.7-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) acroread 9.4.7-1.el6, acroread-plugin 9.4.7-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread 9.4.7-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.4.7-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0011

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_reader_u3d)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-06-22 (4 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Adobe, Reader and Acrobat
CISA name
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Universal 3D Memory Corruption Vulnerability

ATT&CK techniques

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

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
11 mo ago

Exploit prediction

88.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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