CVE-2016-6957 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2016-6957?

CVE-2016-6957 is a critical vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 13 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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 JavaScript API execution restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6957?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Dc, Adobe Acrobat Reader Dc, Adobe Reader.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6957?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6957 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-6957 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6957 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat

• CVE-2021-28550 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2021-21017 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0546 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0496 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-3346 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8

All Adobe Acrobat vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-ggw2-7hj9-8mqf.