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CVE-2016-1039

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1039 describes a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat products across various versions on Windows and OS X, allowing attackers to bypass JavaScript API execution restrictions through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a significant risk, enabling unauthenticated attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it has not garnered widespread attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 15.006.30121CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
<= 15.010.20060CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
<= 15.006.30121CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
<= 15.010.20060CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0629 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/acrobat/apsb16-14.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/90517
securitytracker.com / id/1035828
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-290