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CVE-2016-6958

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6958 is a critical access restriction bypass vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows and OS X, including versions before 11.0.18, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30243, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.020.20039. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is confirmed, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 79/100 and mention in a BleepingComputer article indicate its significance. Community discussion is minimal, with only one mention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.0.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 15.006.30201CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
<= 15.017.20053CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
<= 15.006.30201CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
<= 15.017.20053CPE 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
3.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0339 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

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/apsb16-33.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93494
securitytracker.com / id/1036986