Exploitation evidence
Known exploited · CISA KEV listed
Added 2022-03-03. Ransomware campaign use: Unknown.
CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date: 2022-03-24. This is the catalog’s deadline, not an assessment of your organization’s exposure.
KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗Reported products and versions
n/a / n/a
Default status: Not specified
- affected: n/a
Fixes and workarounds
No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.
Sources and related reporting
CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2013/02/adobe-reader-and-acrobat-vulnerability-report.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422807
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00021.html
- http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/02/in-turn-its-pdf-time.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00023.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0551.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html
- http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/digging-into-the-sandbox-escape-technique-of-the-recent-pdf-exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00024.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16296
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-0641
Observed change timeline
History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.
12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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}03 Nov 2026, 02:22 Jerusalem · CISA KEV status changed
Stored KEV snapshot at this observation.
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