PT-2016-1981

CVE-2016-1062

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Published

2016-05-05

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Updated

2016-12-01

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CVSS 3.1
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Critical
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Reader versions (affected versions not specified) Adobe Reader Document Cloud versions (affected versions not specified) Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud versions (affected versions not specified) Adobe Acrobat versions (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in Adobe PDF viewer and editor software, allowing a remote attacker to bypass JavaScript API execution restrictions. This can potentially lead to remote code execution.
Recommendations For Adobe Reader, update to a version that addresses the access control issue. For Adobe Reader Document Cloud, update to a version that addresses the access control issue. For Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, update to a version that addresses the access control issue. For Adobe Acrobat, update to a version that addresses the access control issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling JavaScript API execution in Adobe Acrobat and Reader until a patch is available.
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