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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30464/2017.011.30113/2019.010.20069. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2019-7052. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30464/2017.011.30113/2019.010.20069 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20069 and earlier, 2019.010.20069 and earlier, 2017.011.30113 and earlier version, and 2015.006.30464 and earlier have an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .

The bug was discovered 02/12/2019. The weakness was presented 02/12/2019 as APSB19-07 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-7052 since 01/28/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/19/2024).

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371638 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (APSB19-07)).

Upgrading to version 2015.006.30475, 2017.011.30120 or 2019.010.20091 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

See VDB-135564, VDB-135565, VDB-135566 and VDB-135567 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Document Reader Software

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• Adobe

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• Acrobat Reader

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• 2015.006.30464
• 2017.011.30113
• 2019.010.20069

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• free

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• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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