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CVE-2016-4093

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4093 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat on both Windows and OS X platforms, including versions before 11.0.16, Acrobat/Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30172, and Acrobat/Reader DC Continuous before 15.016.20039. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (e.g., Metasploit, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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
4.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0408 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 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
securitytracker.com / id/1035828
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry