CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-0546

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2014-08-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability — Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows allow attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism, and consequently execute native code in a privileged context.

Added to KEV
2022-05-25
Remediation due
2022-06-15
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0546
Status
Analyzed
Published
2014-08-12
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.11 and 11.x before 11.0.08 on Windows allow attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism, and consequently execute native code in a privileged context, via unspecified vectors.

Affected configurations

• adobe acrobat (>= 10.0 < 10.1.11) • adobe acrobat (>= 11.0 < 11.0.08) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 10.0 < 10.1.11) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 11.0 < 11.0.08)

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