What is CVE-2018-4927?

CVE-2018-4927 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Indesign, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-05-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-4927?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Adobe Indesign

CVE-2018-4927

Adobe InDesign versions 13.0 and below have an exploitable Untrusted Search Path vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to local privilege escalation.

Published 2018-05-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.035 (88.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.035 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Adobe Indesign
Apple Mac OS X
Microsoft Windows
Indesign 13.0 And Below — versions InDesign 13.0 and below

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb18-11.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103716 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-4927?: CVE-2018-4927 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Indesign, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-4927?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.