CVE-2017-3025
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAdobe Acrobat Reader versions 11.0.19 and earlier, 15.006.30280 and earlier, 15.023.20070 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability related to internal object representation manipulation. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader allows manipulation of internal object representations, potentially enabling arbitrary code execution when processing specially crafted PDF documents.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 11.0.19<= 15.006.30280<= 15.023.20070<= 15.006.30280<= 15.023.20070<= 11.0.19CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed Adobe productLocate the installed Adobe application on the system - look for Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat DC, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, or Adobe Reader in Program Files or the application menuAffected if Any of these four products are installed, proceed to version check
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Determine the exact version numberOpen Adobe Reader or Acrobat, then go to Help > About Adobe [Product Name] to display the exact version number, or check Add/Remove Programs for the version entryAffected if A version number is displayed that can be compared against the affected ranges
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Compare against affected version rangesMatch your installed version to these affected ranges: Acrobat <= 11.0.19; Acrobat DC <= 15.006.30280 or <= 15.023.20070; Acrobat Reader DC <= 15.006.30280 or <= 15.023.20070; Reader <= 11.0.19Affected if The installed version is equal to or lower than any of the listed version numbers for your product
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Confirm PDF processing is enabledVerify that the Adobe product is configured to open PDF files or is set as the default PDF handlerAffected if The software processes PDF documents, making the memory corruption flaw exploitable
If the installed Adobe product version falls within or below any of the specified version ranges and the software is used to open PDF files, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2017-3025.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate Adobe Acrobat Reader to the latest patched version beyond 11.0.19, 15.006.30280, or 15.023.20070. Apply vendor security patches as they are released.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-3025 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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