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CVE-2013-2549

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2549 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader 11.0.02 that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This critical flaw, demonstrated during the Pwn2Own 2013 competition, involves a "break into the sandbox" mechanism. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it poses a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed in the KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.0.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0642 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:9.5.5-1.el5_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: acroread-0:9.5.5-1.el6_4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2549Critical

acroread: Unspecified vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code (CanSecWest 2013)

Mar 7, 2013

References

h30499.www3.hp.com / t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00004.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0826.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16809
twitter.com / thezdi/statuses/309771882612281344
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb13-15.html