CVE-2011-2100

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: 2011-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3, 9.x before 9.4.5, and 10.x before 10.1 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: 8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4 (+30)
Adobe Acrobat Reader: 8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4 (+29)

References

http://osvdb.org/73062
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-16.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48252
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025658
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-166A.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68014
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14057
http://osvdb.org/73062
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-16.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48252
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025658
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-166A.html

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