CVE-2017-16380: Adobe Acrobat

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 6.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, and 11.0.22 and earlier versions. This vulnerability is an instance of a security bypass vulnerability for a certain file-type extension. Acrobat maintains both a blacklist and whitelist (the user can specify an allowed attachment). However, any file extensions that are neither on the blacklist nor the whitelist can still be opened after displaying a warning prompt.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat: up to and including 11.0.22; from 17.0, up to and including 17.011.30066
• Adobe Acrobat DC: from -, up to and including 17.012.20098; from 15.0, up to and including 15.006.30355
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: up to and including 11.0.22; from 17.0, up to and including 17.011.30066
• Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: from -, up to and including 17.012.20098; from 15.0, up to and including 15.006.30355

Published 2017-12-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.