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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30503/2017.011.30148/2019.012.20040 (Document Reader Software). 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 summary by CVE is:
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 disclosed 10/15/2019 as APSB19-49 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-8196. 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. 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. It is possible to download the exploit at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $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 (47610). The entries 143881, 143882, 143883 and 143884 are pretty similar.
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Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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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11/11/2019 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB19-49
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2019-8196 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 10/18/2019 10:54Updated: 01/17/2024 08:38
Changes: 10/18/2019 10:54 (43), 11/13/2019 13:52 (23), 01/17/2024 08:38 (7)
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Committer: misc
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