Adobe Acrobat Reader Incomplete Fix memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.20/2015.006.30306/2017.008.30051/2017.009.20058. This affects an unknown function of the component Incomplete Fix. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-3038. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.20/2015.006.30306/2017.008.30051/2017.009.20058 (Document Reader Software). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Incomplete Fix. 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 bug was discovered 04/11/2017. The weakness was presented 08/08/2017 by Ke Liu (kdot) with Tencent as APSB17-24 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-3038 since 12/02/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. 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 370499 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-24)).

Upgrading to version 11.0.21, 2015.006.30352, 2017.011.30059 or 2017.012.20093 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 97556†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039098†). See VDB-96829, VDB-99604, VDB-99605 and VDB-99606 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
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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(apsb17-24)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 11.0.21/2015.006.30352/2017.011.30059/2017.012.20093

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-24
Researcher: Ke Liu (kdot)
Organization: Tencent
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-3038 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-3038
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105058

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SecurityFocus: 97556 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB17-11 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039098

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/09/2017 23:54
Updated: 01/08/2021 10:10
Changes: 08/09/2017 23:54 (83), 11/05/2019 14:38 (8), 01/08/2021 10:10 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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