CVE-2014-0568

critical
Published 2014-09-17 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

The NtSetInformationFile system call hook feature in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.12 and 11.x before 11.0.09 on Windows allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism, and consequently execute native code in a privileged context, via an NTFS junction attack.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@adobe.com — http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-20.html

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
adobeacrobat_reader10.0
adobeacrobat_reader10.0.1
adobeacrobat_reader10.0.2
adobeacrobat_reader10.0.3
adobeacrobat_reader10.1
adobeacrobat_reader10.1.1
adobeacrobat_reader10.1.2
adobeacrobat_reader10.1.3
adobeacrobat_reader10.1.4
adobeacrobat_reader10.1.5
adobeacrobat_reader10.1.6
adobeacrobat_reader10.1.7
adobeacrobat_reader10.1.8
adobeacrobat_reader10.1.9
adobeacrobat_reader10.1.10
adobeacrobat_reader10.1.11
adobeacrobat_reader11.0
adobeacrobat_reader11.0.1
adobeacrobat_reader11.0.2
adobeacrobat_reader11.0.3
adobeacrobat_reader11.0.4
adobeacrobat_reader11.0.5
adobeacrobat_reader11.0.6
adobeacrobat_reader11.0.7
adobeacrobat_reader11.0.8
adobeacrobat10.0
adobeacrobat10.0.1
adobeacrobat10.0.2
adobeacrobat10.0.3
adobeacrobat10.1
adobeacrobat10.1.1
adobeacrobat10.1.2
adobeacrobat10.1.3
adobeacrobat10.1.4
adobeacrobat10.1.5
adobeacrobat10.1.6
adobeacrobat10.1.7
adobeacrobat10.1.8
adobeacrobat10.1.9
adobeacrobat10.1.10
adobeacrobat10.1.11
adobeacrobat11.0
adobeacrobat11.0.1
adobeacrobat11.0.2
adobeacrobat11.0.3
adobeacrobat11.0.4
adobeacrobat11.0.5
adobeacrobat11.0.6
adobeacrobat11.0.7
adobeacrobat11.0.8

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.