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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2019.008.20081 (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 use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 12/11/2018. The weakness was disclosed 12/11/2018 by AbdulAziz Hariri (Basti) with Zero Day Initiative as APSB18-41 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-15992 since 08/28/2018. 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 price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/01/2023).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 119674 (Adobe Reader <= 15.006.30456 / 17.011.30105 / 19.008.20080 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-41) (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 2015.006.30461, 2017.011.30110 or 2019.010.20064 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 (119674). The entries 129851, 129852, 129853 and 129854 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
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Class: Use after freeCWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 119674
Nessus Name: Adobe Reader <= 15.006.30456 / 17.011.30105 / 19.008.20080 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-41) (macOS)
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30461/2017.011.30110/2019.010.20064
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08/28/2018 🔍12/11/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB18-41
Researcher: AbdulAziz Hariri (Basti)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-15992 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 106164 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB18-41 Multiple Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 01/19/2019 11:11Updated: 07/01/2023 15:56
Changes: 01/19/2019 11:11 (73), 05/02/2020 15:00 (8), 07/01/2023 15:56 (4)
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