CVE-2014-0546

published 2014-08-12

CVE-2014-0546: Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.11 and 11.x before 11.0.08 on Windows allow attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism, and consequently…

Priority P1 86 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

KEV ITW

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.11 and 11.x before 11.0.08 on Windows allow attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism, and consequently execute native code in a privileged context, via unspecified vectors.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	>= 10.0 < 10.1.11	10.1.11
adobe	acrobat	>= 11.0 < 11.0.08	11.0.08
adobe	acrobat_reader	>= 10.0 < 10.1.11	10.1.11
adobe	acrobat_reader	>= 11.0 < 11.0.08	11.0.08

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → Target platform is Windows only; detections should be scoped to Windows hosts running Adobe Reader or Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.11 or 11.x before 11.0.08 ↗
• → Monitor for Adobe Reader/Acrobat processes spawning unexpected privileged child processes or executing native code outside the sandbox, which would indicate successful sandbox bypass exploitation ↗

• · The attack vector is described as 'unspecified vectors', meaning no specific exploit technique, file, command, or network indicator has been publicly disclosed in these sources; concrete IOCs cannot be derived ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 10.0 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

vulncheck 9.8 CRITICAL

cisa 9.8 CRITICAL

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