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CVE-2016-4200

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4200 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows and OS X, including specific versions of Reader/Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat/Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat/Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, requiring user interaction. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a low EPSS score and is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no widespread active exploitation, there is no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. However, it garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 15.006.30174CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
<= 15.016.20045CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
<= 15.006.30174CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
<= 15.016.20045CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0455 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/acrobat/apsb16-26.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91716
securitytracker.com / id/1036281
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-419