Adobe Acrobat Reader memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.20/2015.006.30306/2017.008.30051/2017.009.20058. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-11271. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

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 (Document Reader Software). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 08/08/2017. The weakness was presented 08/08/2017 by Steven Seeley (riusksk) with Zero Day Initiative as APSB17-24 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-11271 since 07/13/2017. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102427 (Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.21 / 2015.006.30355 / 2017.011.30066 / 2017.012.20098 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-24)), 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 (102427), SecurityFocus (BID 100179†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039098†). See VDB-105057, VDB-105058, VDB-105059 and VDB-105060 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 102427
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.21 / 2015.006.30355 / 2017.011.30066 / 2017.012.20098 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-24)
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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: Steven Seeley (riusksk)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-11271 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-11271
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105123

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SecurityFocus: 100179 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB17-24 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039098

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/09/2017 23:54
Updated: 08/31/2024 12:49
Changes: 08/09/2017 23:54 (79), 11/06/2019 09:28 (8), 01/08/2021 15:26 (2), 08/31/2024 12:49 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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