CVE-2017-3012 is a DLL hijacking vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 11.0.19 and earlier, 15.006.30280 and earlier, and 15.023.20070 and earlier, specifically within its OCR plugin. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through a low-complexity local attack that requires user interaction. While the vulnerability has received some media coverage and community discussion, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, suggesting no active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.006.30280CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.023.20070CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.006.30280CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
<= 15.023.20070CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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