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CVE-2016-6967

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6967 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows and OS X, including specific versions of Reader and Acrobat DC Classic and Continuous. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 81/100 and has received some media coverage, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and there are no public exploit modules or active exploitation observed. 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
5.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0581 is in the 87th 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/93491
securitytracker.com / id/1036986