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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.11 and 11.x before 11.0.08 on Windows allow attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism, and consequently execute native code in a privileged context, via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 08/12/2014 by Costin Raiu and Vitaly Kamluk with Kaspersky Labs as APSB14-19 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-0546 since 12/20/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77175 (Adobe Reader < 10.1.11 / 11.0.08 Sandbox Bypass (APSB14-19)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. This issue was added on 05/25/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 06/15/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Upgrading to version 10.1.11 or 11.0.08 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 16637.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (95231) and Tenable (77175).

Productinfo

Type

• Document Reader Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

Version

• 10.0
• 10.0.1
• 10.0.2
• 10.0.3
• 10.1
• 10.1.1
• 10.1.2
• 10.1.3
• 10.1.4
• 10.1.5
• 10.1.6
• 10.1.7
• 10.1.8
• 10.1.9
• 10.1.10
• 11.0
• 11.0.1
• 11.0.2
• 11.0.3
• 11.0.4
• 11.0.5
• 11.0.6
• 11.0.7

License

• free

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 77175
Nessus Name: Adobe Reader < 10.1.11 / 11.0.08 Sandbox Bypass (APSB14-19)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 800078
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability - Aug14 (Windows)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 10.1.11/11.0.08
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB14-19
Researcher: Costin Raiu, Vitaly Kamluk
Organization: Kaspersky Labs
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-0546 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍
IAVM: 🔍

X-Force: 95231 - Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1030711
Vulnerability Center: 45813 - [APSB14-19] Adobe Reader and Acrobat Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 69193 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2014-0546 Unspecified Security Bypass Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 08/13/2014 11:06
Updated: 02/10/2022 11:58
Changes: 08/13/2014 11:06 (46), 04/07/2017 10:45 (31), 02/10/2022 11:42 (2), 02/10/2022 11:50 (7), 02/10/2022 11:58 (1)
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