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CVE-2010-0188

PUBLISHED

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.2.1 and 9.x before 9.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service...

Exploited in the wild Used in malware Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Reader and Acrobat
Published
Feb 21, 2010
EPSS
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Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.2.1 and 9.x before 9.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

cisa malware ransomware metasploit

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 7.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 9.3 High

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC · Source

Used in malware

Recorded 2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC · Source

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA First 2022-03-03 00:00 UTC

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_libtiff.rb Apr 28, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

adobe_libtiff

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2010-0188

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Exploit Used in Malware

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Metasploit