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CVE-2002-1016
Adobe eBook Reader allows a user to bypass restrictions for copy, print, lend, and give operations by backing up key data files,…
Medium4.6EPSS 1.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Adobe eBook Reader allows a user to bypass restrictions for copy, print, lend, and give operations by backing up key data files, performing the operations, and restoring the original data files.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- VU#438867 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 5273 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- adobe-ebook-bypass-restrictions(9634) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020719 Vulnerability found: Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader and Content Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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