CVE-2014-0546

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2022-05-25

Actively exploited. CVE-2014-0546 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows allow attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism, and consequently execute native code in a privileged context.

CSIRTS triage

What: Attackers can bypass a sandbox protection mechanism, allowing execution of native code in a privileged context.
Who is affected: Users of Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action: Update to the latest version of Adobe Reader and Acrobat.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 97% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2014-0546: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-05-25

External references

NVD record for CVE-2014-0546

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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