acroread: Unspecified vulnerability allows attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism (CanSecWest 2013)
Published Mar 11, 2013
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.38%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader 11.0.02 allows attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by George Hotz during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.
Affected products
No data.
- 11.0.02
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
acroread
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
acroread
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | acroread | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | acroread | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of acroread as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 4.38% (0.04384) | 91.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.38% (0.04384) | 90.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.06% (0.03064) | 85.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.38% (0.01381) | 78.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.27% (0.01267) | 86.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 4, 2024 | 1.27% (0.01267) | 85.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 1.20% (0.01199) | 83.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.36% (0.01361) | 84.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.31% (0.01308) | 68.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.31% (0.01308) | 68.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.31% (0.01308) | 65.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.31% (0.01308) | 41.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309771882612281344 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-15.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2550 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920181 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2550
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15992 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2550
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00004.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309771882612281344 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-15.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2550 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920181 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2550 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15992 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2550 |
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