March 3, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2010-0188 — Adobe Reader and Acrobat
known ransomware use
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-03-03- Federal due date
2022-03-24- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- Reader and Acrobat
- EPSS
- 99.8th percentile (score 0.882, as of
2026-09-16) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- 7.8 (HIGH)
- Ransomware use
- Known
- ATT&CK
- T1105 , T1189 · signal rollup
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0188
CISA short description
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
NVD 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.