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CVE-2011-0562

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0562 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 10.x prior to 10.0.1, 9.x prior to 9.4.2, and 8.x prior to 8.2.6 on Windows. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the current working directory. With a CVSS score of 6.9, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring local access and medium attack complexity to achieve complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0067 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:9.4.2-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: acroread-0:9.4.2-3.el6_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:9.4.2-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-0562Critical

acroread: critical APSB11-03

Feb 8, 2011

References

secunia.com / advisories/43470
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12555
acrossecurity.com / aspr/ASPR-2011-02-11-1-PUB.txt
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb11-03.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0301.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/516399/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/46252
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0337
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0492