CVE-2018-4990 is a critical Double Free vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier, impacting systems running Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft products. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a severe risk. Successful exploitation, which requires user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious PDF), could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user, allowing an attacker to gain full control. This CVE is actively exploited (KEV listed) and has garnered significant community attention with 13 mentions and 3 media articles, despite no public exploit code being available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 15.006.30060, <= 15.006.30417CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.008.20082, <= 18.011.20038CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.011.30059, <= 17.011.30079CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.006.30060, <= 15.006.30417CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.008.20082, <= 18.011.20038CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.