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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30394/2017.011.30070/2018.009.20050 (Document Reader Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Image Conversion Engine. The manipulation as part of a EMF File leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2018. The weakness was disclosed 02/13/2018 by Steven Seeley (riusksk) with Zero Day Initiative as APSB18-02 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-4886 since 01/03/2018. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106846 (Adobe Reader <= 2015.006.30394 / 2017.011.30070 / 2018.009.20050 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-02)), 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.

Upgrading to version 2015.006.30413, 2015.006.30416, 2017.011.30078 or 2018.011.20035 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (106846). The entries 113849, 113850, 113851 and 113852 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Document Reader Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

Version

• 2015.006.30394
• 2017.011.30070
• 2018.009.20050

License

• free

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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

NVD Base Score: 6.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

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Current Price Estimation: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 106846
Nessus Name: Adobe Reader <= 2015.006.30394 / 2017.011.30070 / 2018.009.20050 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-02)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 63528
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat 2017 Multiple Vulnerabilities-apsb18-02 (Windows)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30413/2015.006.30416/2017.011.30078 /2018.011.20035

Timelineinfo

01/03/2018 🔍
02/13/2018 +41 days 🔍
02/13/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/13/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/13/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/15/2018 +2 days 🔍
02/27/2018 +12 days 🔍
02/27/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/10/2023 +1809 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB18-02
Researcher: Steven Seeley (riusksk)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-4886 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityTracker: 1040364
SecurityFocus: 102996 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB18-02 Out of Bounds Read Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/27/2018 11:03 AM
Updated: 02/10/2023 01:44 PM
Changes: 02/27/2018 11:03 AM (77), 01/08/2020 08:01 PM (7), 02/10/2023 01:44 PM (4)
Complete: 🔍

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