March 3, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2008-2992 Adobe Acrobat and Reader
known ransomware use
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-03-03- Federal due date
2022-03-24- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- Acrobat and Reader
- EPSS
- 100.0th percentile (score 0.998, as of
2026-11-06) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Known
- ATT&CK
- T1204.002 · signal rollup
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2992
CISA short description
Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain an input validation issue in a JavaScript method that could potentially lead to remote code execution.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.