THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-4872
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-4872

Acrobat vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
11.7%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Adobe
Affected product
Acrobat
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-02-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-4872

  • Confirm whether Adobe Acrobat is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-4872.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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