CVE-2014-0521· NVD / CVE Program· CNA adobe

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.10 and 11.x before 11.0.07 on Windows and OS X do not properly implement JavaScript APIs, which al

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 20/100)

Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 9.9% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 95.4% of all records.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.10 and 11.x before 11.0.07 on Windows and OS X do not properly implement JavaScript APIs, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted PDF document.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded

Published: May 14, 2014
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
EPSS: 9.9% · 95th percentile
CWE: CWE-200

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 3 / 30 · 9.9%

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Vendor	Product	CPE
adobe	acrobat reader	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader
adobe	acrobat	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat
apple	mac os x	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x
microsoft	windows	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

adobe acrobat10.0
adobe acrobat10.0.1
adobe acrobat10.0.2
adobe acrobat10.0.3
adobe acrobat10.1
adobe acrobat10.1.1
adobe acrobat10.1.2
adobe acrobat10.1.3
adobe acrobat10.1.4
adobe acrobat10.1.5
adobe acrobat10.1.6
adobe acrobat10.1.7
adobe acrobat10.1.8
adobe acrobat10.1.9
adobe acrobat11.0
adobe acrobat11.0.1
adobe acrobat11.0.2
adobe acrobat11.0.3
adobe acrobat11.0.4
adobe acrobat11.0.5

Same product

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:12	2014-08-23

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

PublishedMay 14, 2014
First PoCAug 23, 2014+101 d
TodayOct 14, 2026+4536 d

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

If successful

Confidentiality: P · data can be read
Integrity: none
Availability: none

Attack complexity: M
Confidentiality impact: P
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-200 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

json

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

Fixed

json

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-15.html

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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