Adobe Acrobat 7.0/7.0.1 File Handler information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat 7.0/7.0.1 (Document Reader Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Adobe Reader control in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0 and 7.0.1 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files via Javascript containing XML script, aka the "XML External Entity vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 06/15/2005. The weakness was presented 06/15/2005 by Sverre H Huseby (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-1306 since 04/27/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18820 (FreeBSD : acroread -- XML External Entity vulnerability (02bc9b7c-e019-11d9-a8bd-000cf18bbe54)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 7.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at adobe.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21006) and Tenable (18820).

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 18820
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : acroread -- XML External Entity vulnerability (02bc9b7c-e019-11d9-a8bd-000cf18bbe54)
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OpenVAS ID: 55807
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Information Disclosure Vulnerability Jun05 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat 7.0.2
Patch: adobe.com
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Sverre H Huseby
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-1306 (🔍)
X-Force: 21006
SecurityTracker: 1014212
Vulnerability Center: 8451 - Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0, 7.0.1 and Acrobat 7.0, 7.0.1 Allows Determining File Existence, Low
SecurityFocus: 13962 - Adobe Acrobat/Adobe Reader File Existence and Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 15698 - Adobe Reader / Adobe Acrobat Local File Reading Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 17325 - Adobe Reader/Acrobat XML Script Local File Enumeration

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Created: 06/17/2005 19:51
Updated: 07/03/2019 13:06
Changes: 06/17/2005 19:51 (88), 07/03/2019 13:06 (8)
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