CVE-2016-6958

critical
Published 2016-10-13 · 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
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.18, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30243, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.020.20039 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-33.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosnot-affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
adobeacrobat{"endIncluding":"11.0.17"}
adobeacrobat_dc{"endIncluding":"15.006.30201"}
adobeacrobat_reader_dc{"endIncluding":"15.006.30201"}
adobereader{"endIncluding":"11.0.17"}

References

CWEs

CWE-284

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