Description
An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, and 11.0.22 and earlier versions. This vulnerability is an instance of a security bypass vulnerability for a certain file-type extension. Acrobat maintains both a blacklist and whitelist (the user can specify an allowed attachment). However, any file extensions that are neither on the blacklist nor the whitelist can still be opened after displaying a warning prompt.
Published: 2017-12-09
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 8.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-7574 An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, and 11.0.22 and earlier versions. This vulnerability is an instance of a security bypass vulnerability for a certain file-type extension. Acrobat maintains both a blacklist and whitelist (the user can specify an allowed attachment). However, any file extensions that are neither on the blacklist nor the whitelist can still be opened after displaying a warning prompt.
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Adobe Acrobat Acrobat Dc Acrobat Reader Acrobat Reader Dc
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:27:02.668Z

Reserved: 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16380

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-09T06:29:01.647

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-16380

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