What is CVE-2012-0776?

CVE-2012-0776 is a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-04-10.

Is CVE-2012-0776 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2012-0776

The installer in Adobe Reader 9.x before 9.5.1 and 10.x before 10.1.3 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Published 2012-04-10 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.080 (94.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.080 · newest: 0.080 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat — versions 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.1
Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-08.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-101B.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15270 (signature, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-0776?: CVE-2012-0776 is a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-04-10.
Is CVE-2012-0776 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.