CVE-2011-0562

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.2, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0570 and CVE-2011-0588.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: 8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4 (+22)
Adobe Acrobat Reader: 8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.4, 8.1.5 (+21)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/43470
http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2011-02-11-1-PUB.txt
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-03.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0301.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516399/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46252
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025033
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0337
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0492
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12555
http://secunia.com/advisories/43470
http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2011-02-11-1-PUB.txt

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