known ransomware use

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-03-03
Federal due date
2022-03-24
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Reader and Acrobat
EPSS
99.8th percentile (score 0.936, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Known
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0188

CISA short description

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

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.