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CVE-2016-0943

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
14/01/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.14, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30119, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.010.20056 on Windows and OS X mishandle the Global object, which allows attackers to bypass JavaScript API execution restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* 15.006.30097 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* 15.009.20077 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* 15.006.30097 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* 15.009.20077 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 11.0.13 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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