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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.22/2015.006.30355/2017.011.30066/2017.012.20098 (Document Reader Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 11/14/2017. The weakness was published 11/14/2017 by riusksk with Tencent as APSB17-36 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-16372 since 11/01/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/04/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104626 (Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.23 / 2015.006.30392 / 2017.011.30068 / 2018.009.20044 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-36)), 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 370650 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-36)).

Upgrading to version 11.0.23, 2015.006.30392, 2017.011.30068 or 2018.009.20044 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 (104626), SecurityFocus (BID 101813†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039791†). Similar entries are available at VDB-109677, VDB-109678, VDB-109679 and VDB-109680.

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
• 11.0.21
• 11.0.22
• 2015.006.30355
• 2017.011.30066
• 2017.012.20098

License

• free

CPE 2.3info

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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: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 104626
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.23 / 2015.006.30392 / 2017.011.30068 / 2018.009.20044 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-36)
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OpenVAS ID: 870219
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat Security Updates(apsb17-36)-MAC OS X
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 11.0.23/2015.006.30392/2017.011.30068/2018.009.20044

Timelineinfo

11/01/2017 🔍
11/14/2017 +13 days 🔍
11/14/2017 +0 days 🔍
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11/16/2017 +2 days 🔍
11/18/2017 +2 days 🔍
12/09/2017 +21 days 🔍
09/04/2024 +2461 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-36
Researcher: Toan Pham Van, Ke Liu (riusksk)
Organization: Tencent
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-16372 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityFocus: 101813 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB17-36 Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039791

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2017 02:26 PM
Updated: 09/04/2024 01:24 PM
Changes: 11/18/2017 02:26 PM (75), 12/09/2019 07:47 AM (10), 01/24/2021 08:47 PM (2), 01/24/2021 08:49 PM (1), 09/04/2024 01:24 PM (17)
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Cache ID: 18:07C:40

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