CVE-2016-6960 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows and OS X, including versions before 11.0.18, Acrobat/Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30243, and Acrobat/Reader DC Continuous before 15.020.20039. This flaw, with unspecified attack vectors, allows for arbitrary code execution or denial of service. It carries a CVSSv3 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available, it has received some community discussion and media coverage, though it is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog and its Hot List status is inactive.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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