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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 10.1.14/11.0.11 (Document Reader Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.15 and 11.x before 11.0.12, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 2015.006.30060, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 2015.008.20082 on Windows and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-5096 and CVE-2015-5105.
The weakness was presented 07/15/2015 with Alibaba Security Research Team as APSB15-15 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-5098 since 06/26/2015. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84800 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.15 / 11.0.12 / 2015.006.30060 / 2015.008.20082 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-15)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.
Upgrading to version 10.1.15 or 11.0.12 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 20116.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (84800). See 76512, 76513, 76517 and 76518 for similar entries.
Product
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Vendor
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Version
- 10.1.0
- 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
- 10.1.11
- 10.1.12
- 10.1.13
- 10.1.14
- 11.0.0
- 11.0.01
- 11.0.02
- 11.0.03
- 11.0.04
- 11.0.05
- 11.0.06
- 11.0.07
- 11.0.08
- 11.0.09
- 11.0.10
- 11.0.11
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 84800
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.15 / 11.0.12 / 2015.006.30060 / 2015.008.20082 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-15)
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 10.1.15/11.0.12
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Timeline
06/26/2015 🔍06/29/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB15-15
Organization: Alibaba Security Research Team
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2015-5098 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1032892
Vulnerability Center: 51272 - [APSB15-15] Adobe Reader, Acrobat, Reader DC and Acrobat DC Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-5098, Critical
SecurityFocus: 75747 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader Multiple Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 07/16/2015 11:51Updated: 06/02/2022 08:12
Changes: 07/16/2015 11:51 (56), 04/07/2017 10:46 (14), 06/02/2022 08:11 (2), 06/02/2022 08:12 (1)
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