Exploited· due 2022-03-247.8highHighused in ransomware

CVE-2010-0188

Adobe Acrobat

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.

Exploitation status

CISA has confirmed this is being exploited in the wild. That is an observation of real attacks, not a prediction.
It is known to have been used in ransomware campaigns.
US federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it by 2022-03-24. That deadline does not bind private companies, but it is a reasonable benchmark for how urgently CISA views it.
A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA’s wording, unedited.

What the metrics mean

It is requires local access to the machine.
For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
To exploit it, an ordinary user account is needed.
Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS: 7.8 (v3.1)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigned by: psirt@adobe.com

Dates

Published: 2010-02-22
Last modified: 2026-08-14
Added to KEV: 2022-03-03
Remediation due: 2022-03-24
Sources: CISA KEV, NVD

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat8.0 - 8.2.1, 9.0 - 9.3.1
Adobe Acrobat Reader8.0 - 8.2.1, 9.0 - 9.3.1

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.