CVE-2012-0776

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-04-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The installer in Adobe Reader 9.x before 9.5.1 and 10.x before 10.1.3 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.2 (+21)
Adobe Acrobat Reader: 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.2 (+14)

References

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-08.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026908
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-101B.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15270
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-08.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026908
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-101B.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15270

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