CVE-2010-4091

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-11-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The EScript.api plugin in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.1, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows and Mac OS X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document that triggers memory corruption, involving the printSeps function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: 8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4 (+21)
Adobe Acrobat Reader: 8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.4, 8.1.5 (+20)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-11/0024.html
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2010/11/potential-issue-in-adobe-reader.html
http://extraexploit.blogspot.com/2010/11/full-disclosure-xplpdf-adober-reader-94.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00001.html
http://osvdb.org/69005
http://secunia.com/advisories/42095
http://secunia.com/advisories/42401
http://secunia.com/advisories/43025
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-28.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-03.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15419

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