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CVE-2018-16004

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2019.008.20080 and earlier, 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2017.011.30106 and earlier…

CVE-2018-160043 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 30 = 1 + 20 + 1 + 8 + 0

rank@v1 · scheduled

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.03938  ·  without this subject the record ranks 29

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 7.8, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 10

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

rose on 2025-10-21  ·  without this subject the record ranks 29

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

12 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 22

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

no CISA due date  ·  without this subject the record ranks 30

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$197,000over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement-$381,000on 2026-04-03, the last material move, 5 months before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$197,000 = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.03938 likelihood

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Hindsight · the state

0.03938EPSSNOT IN KEVas of 2026-09-20
Severity7.8 HIGHreceipt
Harmtotal lossreceipt
Exploitationnone in held sources
Defenseno fix version held
Movementdoubled within 72hreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2026-04-03, 156 days at 0.04, as of 2026-09-06. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

No weakness class or product neighbourhood is held for this record, so this index cannot name anywhere to check next. That is an absence in the record, not a finding about the software.

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Reachneeds local access · no privileges required · user interaction required · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.0 · NVD's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereferencereceipt
Published consequencesCWE-476: Availability: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; Integrity, Confidentiality: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands, Read Memory, Modify Memory[email protected]

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed inNo fix version in held sources, as the index stood on 6 Sep 2026.
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Nothing observed in held sources.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, NVD7.8 HIGHreceipt
Exploit probability0.03938 · top 10% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth2 products across 1 vendorderived
Assigned byadobereceipt
Recorded changes30 · last 19 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Named in the CPE rangesAdobe acrobat dc; Adobe acrobat reader dcreceipt
Published rangesadobe acrobat dc >= 15.006.30060 <= 15.006.30457; adobe acrobat dc >= 15.008.20082 <= 19.008.20081; adobe acrobat dc >= 17.011.30056 <= 17.011.30106; adobe acrobat reader dc >= 15.006.30060 <= 15.006.30457receipt
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adobe acrobat dc >= 15.006.30060 <= 15.006.30457
adobe acrobat dc >= 15.008.20082 <= 19.008.20081
adobe acrobat dc >= 17.011.30056 <= 17.011.30106
adobe acrobat reader dc >= 15.006.30060 <= 15.006.30457
adobe acrobat reader dc >= 15.008.20082 <= 19.008.20081
adobe acrobat reader dc >= 17.011.30059 <= 17.011.30106
adobe acrobat dc >= 15.006.30060 <= 15.006.30456
adobe acrobat dc >= 15.008.20082 <= 19.008.20080
adobe acrobat dc >= 17.011.30056 <= 17.011.30105
adobe acrobat reader dc >= 15.006.30060 <= 15.006.30456
adobe acrobat reader dc >= 15.008.20082 <= 19.008.20080
adobe acrobat reader dc >= 17.011.30059 <= 17.011.30105

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What it is stated by the CNA

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2019.008.20080 and earlier, 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2017.011.30106 and earlier version, 2017.011.30105 and earlier version, 2015.006.30457 and earlier, and 2015.006.30456 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
weakness
CWE-476
affected versions
adobe acrobat dc >= 15.006.30060 <= 15.006.30457; adobe acrobat dc >= 15.008.20082 <= 19.008.20081; adobe acrobat dc >= 17.011.30056 <= 17.011.30106; and 9 more, listed in full below

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Dated events

2022-02-04EPSS moved 0.11 to 0.022026-04-03EPSS moved 0.14 to 0.07

Movement the material steps

14 Apr 20210.11147
4 Feb 20220.01768 · crossed 0.10
7 Mar 20230.00165 · scoring model v2023.03.01
17 Mar 20250.0262 · scoring model v2025.03.14
21 Oct 20250.14287 · crossed 0.10
18 Nov 20250.0533 · crossed 0.10
21 Nov 20250.14287 · crossed 0.10
3 Apr 20260.06644 · crossed 0.10
15 Jun 20260.03938 · scoring model v2026.06.15
6 Sep 20260.03938

This score more than doubled inside 72 hours. Both observations are in the full history below.

Show all 30 observations
14 Apr 20210.11147
4 Feb 20220.01768
7 Mar 20230.00165
30 Mar 20230.00194
15 Apr 20230.00248
14 May 20230.00206
16 Jun 20230.00186
10 Dec 20230.00178
16 Feb 20240.00149
19 May 20240.00194
10 Jun 20240.00210
1 Jul 20240.00240
20 Jul 20240.00204
13 Aug 20240.00203
2 Nov 20240.00192
17 Dec 20240.00241
17 Mar 20250.0262
29 Mar 20250.08327
30 Mar 20250.0262
2 Aug 20250.07001
21 Oct 20250.14287
18 Nov 20250.0533
21 Nov 20250.14287
3 Apr 20260.06644
19 May 20260.03073
15 Jun 20260.03938
23 Aug 20260.05238
30 Aug 20260.03938
5 Sep 20260.05238
6 Sep 20260.03938

30 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.03938Published2019-01-18Index as of2026-09-06

Exploit probability more than doubled between 2025-11-18 and 2025-11-21 (0.0533 → 0.14287) and the record had been public for 7 years, 7 months when this index was last written.

Published 2019-01-18 receipt · Index as of 2026-09-06 derived

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