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CVE-2013-0640 kev in the critical feed json

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or…

published 2013-02-14 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-0651

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-03-03
epss
86.9%
EPSS 86.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • adobe acrobat 9.5.4, 10.1.6, 11.0.02
  • adobe acrobat_reader 9.5.4, 10.1.6, 11.0.02
  • acroread RHEL 5 EXTRAS 9.5.4-1.el5_9
  • acroread RHEL 6 EXTRAS 9.5.4-1.el6
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 9.5.4-1.el5_9
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 6 EXTRAS 9.5.4-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0551

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-2013-0640 updated cvss 6.8

acroread: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (APSB13-07)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) acroread 9.5.4-1.el6, acroread-plugin 9.5.4-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 9.5.4-1.el5_9, acroread-plugin 9.5.4-1.el5_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) acroread 9.5.4-1.el6, acroread-plugin 9.5.4-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) acroread 9.5.4-1.el6, acroread-plugin 9.5.4-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0551

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. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-29881)
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-03-24 (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 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

ATT&CK techniques

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

  • T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment exploitation

kev release 2025-07-28, att&ck v16.1. KEV to ATT&CK mappings by the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense (Mappings Explorer, Apache-2.0). © 2026 The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation. Terms of use

CISA SSVC

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

Exploit prediction

86.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-29881 Adobe Acrobat Reader - ASLR + DEP Bypass with Sandbox Bypass local, 2013-11-28

CVSS scores

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

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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