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CVE-2011-0588

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% 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-2011-0562 and CVE-2011-0570.

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://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-03.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46254
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025033
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0337
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65293
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12378
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-03.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46254
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025033
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0337
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65293
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12378

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