CVE-2016-4215

critical

Published 2016-07-13 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to bypass JavaScript API execution restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
macos		not-affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
adobe	acrobat	`{"endIncluding":"11.0.16"}`
adobe	acrobat_dc	`{"endIncluding":"15.006.30174"}`
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	`{"endIncluding":"15.006.30174"}`
adobe	reader	`{"endIncluding":"11.0.16"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-254 CWE-284

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