CVE-2013-0640 on CISA KEV
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.
CISA KEV — Actively Exploited
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vendor / Product
— / Adobe / Reader and Acrobat
CVSS / EPSS
— — · EPSS 92.36%
01What CISA says about this vulnerability
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.
02Required action — verbatim from CISA
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
03Notes & references
- blogs.adobe.com — http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2013/02/adobe-reader-and-acrobat-vulnerability-repo…
- www.kb.cert.org — http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422807
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00021.html
- blog.fireeye.com — http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/02/in-turn-its-pdf-time.html
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00023.html
- oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
- rhn.redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0551.html
- www.adobe.com — http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00024.html
- www.adobe.com — http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html
- security.gentoo.org — http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml
04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters
This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.
05Affected products (summary)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| n | a / n/a | n/a |
06Detection
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