CVE-2010-1285: adobe acrobat Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2010-1285 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in adobe acrobat. EPSS estimates a 4.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 30-06-2010PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified manipulations involving the newclass (0x58) operator and an "invalid pointer vulnerability" that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2168 and CVE-2010-2201.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.17%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 4.17% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationThe product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
- CWE-399Resource Management ErrorsWeaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.
Affected systems
Adobe2 products
- acrobat9.0 | 9.1 | 9.1.1 | 9.1.2 | 9.1.3 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.3.1 | 9.3.2 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1.1 | 8.1.2 | 8.1.3 | 8.1.4 | 8.1.5 | 8.1.6 | 8.1.7 | 8.2 | 8.2.1 | 8.2.2
- acrobat_reader9.0 | 9.1 | 9.1.1 | 9.1.2 | 9.1.3 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.3.1 | 9.3.2 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1.1 | 8.1.2 | 8.1.4 | 8.1.5 | 8.1.6 | 8.1.7 | 8.2.1 | 8.2.2
1 vendor · 2 products
References
6 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6725VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL