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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30418/2017.011.30080/2018.011.20040 (Document Reader Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 07/10/2018. The weakness was shared 07/10/2018 by Aleksandar Nikolic with Zero Day Initiative as APSB18-21 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-5030 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 111009 (Adobe Acrobat < 15.006.30434 / 17.011.30096 / 18.011.20055 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-21) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 2015.006.30434, 2017.011.30096 or 2018.011.20055 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 (111009). Additional details are provided at zdnet.com. The entries 121210, 121211, 121212 and 121213 are related to this item.
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Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 111009
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 15.006.30434 / 17.011.30096 / 18.011.20055 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-21) (macOS)
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30434/2017.011.30096/2018.011.20055
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB18-21
Researcher: Aleksandar Nikolic
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-5030 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1041250
SecurityFocus: 104701 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB18-21 Multiple Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 07/11/2018 16:25Updated: 04/06/2023 15:26
Changes: 07/11/2018 16:25 (79), 03/04/2020 08:18 (7), 04/06/2023 15:26 (4)
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