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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Help page in Adobe Acrobat 9.5.2 and earlier and ColdFusion 8.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was shared 09/26/2014 by Yuji Tounai as JVNDB-2014-000105 / JVN#84376800 (Website). The advisory is shared at jvndb.jvn.jp. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-5315. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77814 (Adobe Acrobat Help Page XSS (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (95958) and Tenable (77814).

Productinfo

Type

• Document Reader Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

Version

• 9.0
• 9.1
• 9.1.1
• 9.1.2
• 9.1.3
• 9.2
• 9.3
• 9.3.1
• 9.3.2
• 9.3.3
• 9.3.4
• 9.4
• 9.4.1
• 9.4.2
• 9.4.3
• 9.4.4
• 9.4.5
• 9.4.6
• 9.4.7
• 9.5
• 9.5.1
• 9.5.2

License

• free

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

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• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 77814
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat Help Page XSS (Mac OS X)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

08/18/2014 🔍
09/12/2014 +25 days 🔍
09/12/2014 +0 days 🔍
09/23/2014 +11 days 🔍
09/26/2014 +3 days 🔍
09/26/2014 +0 days 🔍
10/07/2014 +11 days 🔍
03/26/2015 +170 days 🔍
03/29/2022 +2560 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: JVNDB-2014-000105 / JVN#84376800
Researcher: Yuji Tounai
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-5315 (🔍)
X-Force: 95958
Vulnerability Center: 46356 - Adobe Acrobat 9.5.2 and earlier and Adobe ColdFusion 8.0.1 and earlier Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 69791 - Adobe Acrobat and ColdFusion CVE-2014-5315 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 16:14
Updated: 03/29/2022 12:27
Changes: 03/26/2015 16:14 (40), 04/07/2017 10:43 (18), 03/29/2022 12:13 (1), 03/29/2022 12:20 (7), 03/29/2022 12:27 (1)
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