CVE-2017-11229

high

Published 2017-08-11 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.009.20058 and earlier, 2017.008.30051 and earlier, 2015.006.30306 and earlier, and 11.0.20 and earlier has a security bypass vulnerability when manipulating Forms Data Format (FDF).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

macOS Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
adobe	acrobat	`{"startIncluding":"11.0.0","endIncluding":"11.0.20"}`
adobe	acrobat_dc	`{"startIncluding":"15.006.30060","endIncluding":"15.006.30306"}`
adobe	acrobat_reader	`{"startIncluding":"17.011.00000","endIncluding":"17.011.30066"}`
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	`{"startIncluding":"15.006.30060","endIncluding":"15.006.30306"}`
adobe	reader	`{"startIncluding":"11.0.0","endIncluding":"11.0.20"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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