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CVE-2018-12852

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12852 is an "use after free" vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier across Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft platforms. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) for successful exploitation, which could lead to arbitrary code execution. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available and it's not on the KEV catalog, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness despite its inactive Hot List status.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 15.006.30060, <= 15.006.30452CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 15.008.20082, <= 18.011.20063CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
>= 17.011.30059, <= 17.011.30102CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 15.006.30060, <= 15.006.30452CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
>= 15.008.20082, <= 18.011.20063CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0483 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/acrobat/apsb18-30.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105441
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041809
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry