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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30503/2017.011.30148/2019.012.20040 (Document Reader Software). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution .
The weakness was released 10/15/2019 as APSB19-49 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-8195. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 4 weeks after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading to version 2015.006.30504, 2017.011.30150 or 2019.021.20047 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 Exploit-DB (47609). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 143881, 143882, 143883 and 143884.
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Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Author: Google Security Research
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30504/2017.011.30150/2019.021.20047
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02/12/2019 🔍10/15/2019 🔍
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01/17/2024 🔍
Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB19-49
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2019-8195 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 10/18/2019 10:54Updated: 01/17/2024 08:37
Changes: 10/18/2019 10:54 (43), 11/13/2019 13:51 (2), 11/13/2019 13:52 (21), 01/17/2024 08:37 (7)
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Committer: misc
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