CVE-2016-1090

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

11/05/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.16, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30172, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.016.20039 on Windows and OS X allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse resource in an unspecified directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1087 and CVE-2016-4106.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat::::::::		11.0.15 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::classic:::*		15.006.30121 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::continuous:::*		15.010.20060 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::classic:::*		15.006.30121 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous:::*		15.010.20060 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:reader::::::::		11.0.15 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2016-1090

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools