CVE-2013-2549

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-03-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader 11.0.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a "break into the sandbox," as demonstrated by George Hotz during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Reader: 11.0.02

References

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00004.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0826.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml
http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309771882612281344
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-15.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16809
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00004.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0826.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml
http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309771882612281344

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