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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.20/2015.006.30306/2017.008.30051/2017.009.20058 (Document Reader Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-254. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.009.20058 and earlier, 2017.008.30051 and earlier, 2015.006.30306 and earlier, and 11.0.20 and earlier has a security bypass vulnerability when manipulating Forms Data Format (FDF).

The bug was discovered 08/08/2017. The weakness was disclosed 08/08/2017 by Alex as APSB17-24 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-11229 since 07/13/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1211 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102427 (Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.21 / 2015.006.30355 / 2017.011.30066 / 2017.012.20098 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-24)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370499 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-24)).

Upgrading to version 11.0.21, 2015.006.30352, 2017.011.30059 or 2017.012.20093 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (102427), SecurityFocus (BID 100186†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039098†). The entries VDB-105057, VDB-105058, VDB-105059 and VDB-105060 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Document Reader Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

Version

• 11.0.0
• 11.0.01
• 11.0.02
• 11.0.03
• 11.0.04
• 11.0.05
• 11.0.06
• 11.0.07
• 11.0.08
• 11.0.09
• 11.0.10
• 11.0.11
• 11.0.12
• 11.0.13
• 11.0.14
• 11.0.15
• 11.0.16
• 11.0.17
• 11.0.18
• 11.0.19
• 11.0.20
• 2015.006.30306
• 2017.008.30051
• 2017.009.20058

License

• free

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: 7pk security
CWE: CWE-254
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 102427
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.21 / 2015.006.30355 / 2017.011.30066 / 2017.012.20098 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-24)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 103337
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat Security Updates(apsb17-24)-Windows
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 11.0.21/2015.006.30352/2017.011.30059/2017.012.20093

Timelineinfo

07/13/2017 🔍
08/08/2017 +26 days 🔍
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08/11/2017 +0 days 🔍
08/30/2024 +2576 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-24
Researcher: Alex Infuhr (Alex)
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-11229 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityFocus: 100186 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2017-11229 Unspecified Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1039098

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 08/09/2017 11:54 PM
Updated: 08/30/2024 10:44 AM
Changes: 08/09/2017 11:54 PM (80), 11/05/2019 03:33 PM (6), 01/08/2021 12:34 PM (2), 08/30/2024 10:44 AM (17)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 18:7D9:40

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