Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.16/15.006.30174/15.016.20045 memory corruption
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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.16/15.006.30174/15.016.20045 (Document Reader Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown part. 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. CVE summarizes:
Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4191, CVE-2016-4192, CVE-2016-4193, CVE-2016-4194, CVE-2016-4195, CVE-2016-4196, CVE-2016-4197, CVE-2016-4198, CVE-2016-4199, CVE-2016-4200, CVE-2016-4201, CVE-2016-4202, CVE-2016-4203, CVE-2016-4204, CVE-2016-4205, CVE-2016-4206, CVE-2016-4208, CVE-2016-4211, CVE-2016-4212, CVE-2016-4213, CVE-2016-4214, CVE-2016-4250, CVE-2016-4251, CVE-2016-4252, and CVE-2016-4254.
The weakness was disclosed 07/13/2016 by AbdulAziz Hariri (kdot) with Zero Day Initiative as APSB16-26 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-4207 since 04/27/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed by COSIG and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92036 (Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.17 / 15.006.30198 / 15.017.20050 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-26) (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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370084 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-26)).
Upgrading to version 11.0.17, 15.006.30198 or 15.017.20050 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (92036) and Exploit-DB (40099). The entries 89076, 89077, 89078 and 89079 are pretty similar.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
- 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
- 11.0.12
- 11.0.13
- 11.0.14
- 11.0.15
- 11.0.16
- 15 Base
- 15.006.30060
- 15.006.30094
- 15.006.30096
- 15.006.30097
- 15.006.30119
- 15.006.30121
- 15.006.30172
- 15.006.30173
- 15.006.30174
- 15.008.20082
- 15.009.20069
- 15.009.20071
- 15.009.20077
- 15.009.20079
- 15.010.20056
- 15.010.20059
- 15.010.20060
- 15.016.20039
- 15.016.20041
- 15.016.20045
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: COSIG
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Nessus ID: 92036
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.17 / 15.006.30198 / 15.017.20050 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-26) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 68089
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Security Updates(apsb16-26)-Windows
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 11.0.17/15.006.30198/15.017.20050
Timeline
04/27/2016 🔍07/12/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB16-26
Researcher: AbdulAziz Hariri (kdot)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4207 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1036281
SecurityFocus: 91716 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB16-26 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 07/13/2016 10:42Updated: 09/02/2022 09:48
Changes: 07/13/2016 10:42 (66), 04/07/2017 11:04 (23), 09/02/2022 09:46 (3), 09/02/2022 09:48 (1)
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