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CVE-2010-0188

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...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
January 06, 2010
Published Date
February 21, 2010
Last Updated
February 04, 2025
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Reader and Acrobat
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.
Tags
cisa malware ransomware metasploit_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.8 - HIGH

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

CVSS v2.0

9.3

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

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Used in Malware
Yes (added 2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0399 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56297 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0114.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8697 http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-07.html http://secunia.com/advisories/38639 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38195 http://securitytracker.com/id?1023601 http://secunia.com/advisories/38915

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

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

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_libtiff.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:34 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

adobe_libtiff

Type: 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