CVE-2010-0188: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Product: Reader and Acrobat
Added to the catalog: 2022-03-03
Due date for US federal agencies: 2022-03-24
Weaknesses: CWE-94
Catalog version: 2026.10.30

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA marks this vulnerability as known to be used in ransomware campaigns. CISA does not say which group used it.

Links in CISA's notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0188

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NVD analysis

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2010-02-22T13:00:02.127
Last modified: 2026-08-14T05:16:49.797
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfo

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.

Metric	Score	Severity	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	9.3	HIGH	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	[email protected] (Primary)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38639 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 (Broken Link)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023601 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-07.html (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0114.html (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38195 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0399 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56297 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8697 (Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38639 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 (Broken Link)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023601 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-07.html (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0114.html (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38195 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0399 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56297 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8697 (Broken Link)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0188 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner: adobe
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2010-02-21T17:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2026-08-14T03:55:37.429Z
Problem types: n/a

References

ADV-2010-0399
adobe-unspec-priv-escalation(56297)
RHSA-2010:0114
SUSE-SR:2010:006
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8697
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-07.html
38639
38195
1023601
38915

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2010-0188: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-6fd85bbaf052, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2010-0188 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-08-14T05:16:49.797.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2026-08-14T03:55:37.429Z.

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