CVE-2014-0568 is a critical vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 10.x and 11.x on Windows. It allows attackers to bypass sandbox protection and execute arbitrary code in a privileged context through an NTFS junction attack via the NtSetInformationFile system call hook feature. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with no authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.