Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.19/15.006.30280/15.023.20070 use after free

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.19/15.006.30280/15.023.20070 (Document Reader Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 04/11/2017. The weakness was shared 04/06/2017 by Sebastian Apelt with Zero Day Initiative as APSB17-11 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-3057 since 12/02/2016. 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. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/01/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99373 (Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.20 / 2015.006.30306 / 2017.009.20044 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-11)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370364 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-11)).

Upgrading to version 11.0.20, 2015.006.30306 or 2017.009.20044 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 (99373), SecurityFocus (BID 97550†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038228†). The entries VDB-99604, VDB-99605, VDB-99606 and VDB-99607 are related to this item.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 99373
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.20 / 2015.006.30306 / 2017.009.20044 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-11)
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OpenVAS ID: 103337
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat Security Updates(apsb17-11)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 11.0.20/2015.006.30306/2017.009.20044

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-11
Researcher: Sebastian Apelt
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-3057 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 97550 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB17-11 Use-After-Free Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-3057 - Adobe - Multiple products - Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038228

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/12/2017 11:17 AM
Updated: 09/01/2024 10:06 AM
Changes: 04/12/2017 11:17 AM (78), 08/29/2020 11:12 AM (8), 11/28/2022 12:08 PM (4), 09/01/2024 10:06 AM (16)
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