CVE-2016-0931 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows and OS X, including specific versions of Acrobat DC Classic and Continuous. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF with a malicious FileAttachment annotation, leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction but has a low attack complexity and can result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/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.