CVE-2019-8028 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader across various platforms including Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution over the network with low complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 11 mentions and one media article. Organizations should prioritize patching to mitigate the high potential for compromise.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 15.006.30060, < 15.006.30499CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.008.20082, < 19.012.20036CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.011.30059, < 17.011.30144CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.006.30060, < 15.006.30499CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.008.20082, < 19.012.20036CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.