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CVE-2017-3121

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3121 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF) parser of Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 2017.009.20058 and earlier, 2017.008.30051 and earlier, 2015.006.30306 and earlier, and 11.0.20 and earlier, affecting Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft products. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows for arbitrary code execution with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction (UI:R) but no authentication. While there is no known active exploitation (KEV: No) or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.0.0, < 11.0.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 15.000.0000, < 15.006.30355CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 17.000.0000, <= 17.011.30066CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 17.000.0000, < 17.012.20098CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
>= 15.000.0000, < 15.006.30355CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*

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
8.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0813 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 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, 0.2 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/apsb17-24.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100180
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039098
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry