CVE-2017-3118

N/A

Published: August 11, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:17 AM UTC

3 products affected across 1 vendorAcrobat ReaderAcrobatAcrobat DC· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 9%

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.009.20058 and earlier, 2017.008.30051 and earlier, 2015.006.30306 and earlier, and 11.0.20 and earlier has a security bypass vulnerability related to execution of malicious attachments.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Acrobat · Adobe

95%

11.0.0 ≤ v < 11.0.21

Affected range stops below 11.0.21, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)

Acrobat DC · Adobe

95%

15.000.0000 ≤ v < 15.006.3035517.000.0000 ≤ v ≤ 17.011.3006617.000.0000 ≤ v < 17.011.3006617.000.0000 ≤ v < 17.012.20098

Affected range stops below 15.006.30355, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.011.30066, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 17.012.20098, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)

Acrobat Reader · Adobe

95%

v ≤ 11.0.20v ≤ 2015.006.30306v ≤ 2017.008.30051v ≤ 2017.009.2005811.0.0 ≤ v < 11.0.21

Affected range stops below 11.0.21, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

macOS · Apple

95%

Windows · Microsoft

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-24.html

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100189

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039098

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-24.html

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-200

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