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CVE-2018-15974

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-15974 describes an insecure library loading (DLL hijacking) vulnerability in Adobe FrameMaker versions 1.0.5.1 and earlier. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating that an attacker could achieve privilege escalation through a low-complexity attack, requiring user interaction, to gain high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received limited community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 14.0.361CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:framemaker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0458 is in the 91st 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/151002
VDB EntryThird Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/framemaker/apsb18-37.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105537
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry