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CVE_2018_4901
What it means
PDF has an overlong trailer /ID and JavaScript dereferences this.docID.
Why it fires
CVE-2018-4901 is an Adobe Acrobat Reader DC stack buffer overflow in Document ID handling. The Talos-described trigger requires an overly large trailer /ID value and JavaScript access to `this.docID`, which causes Reader to re-encode the ID through the vulnerable EScript path.
Other CVE heuristics
CVE_2026_34621_RELATED CVE_2023_26369 CVE_2026_34621 CVE_2010_1297_FLASH_RICHMEDIA CVE_2010_1297_SWF_TRIGGER CVE_2011_0611_SWF_TRIGGER CVE_2009_1862_FLASH_RICHMEDIA CVE_2010_2883 CVE_2009_3459 CVE_2018_4990_JPX_EMBEDDED_CMD CVE_2018_4990_JPX_CMAP_TRIGGER CVE_2010_1240 CVE_2010_0188 CVE_2014_0514 CVE_2013_3346 CVE_2013_0640 CVE_2010_3654_FLASH_RICHMEDIA CVE_2007_5020_MAILTO_MSHTA CVE_2014_0496 CVE_2008_2551 CVE_2021_40444 CVE_2006_4694 CVE_2008_0118 CVE_2009_0658