Adobe Acrobat Reader memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.22/2015.006.30355/2017.011.30066/2017.012.20098. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-16392. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.22/2015.006.30355/2017.011.30066/2017.012.20098 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. 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 11/14/2017. The weakness was disclosed 11/14/2017 by riusksk with Zero Day Initiative as APSB17-36 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-16392 since 11/01/2017. 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 104626 (Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.23 / 2015.006.30392 / 2017.011.30068 / 2018.009.20044 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-36)), 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 370650 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-36)).

Upgrading to version 11.0.23, 2015.006.30392, 2017.011.30068 or 2018.009.20044 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2707.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (104626), SecurityFocus (BID 101831†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039791†). The entries VDB-109677, VDB-109678, VDB-109679 and VDB-109680 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Document Reader Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

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
• 11.0.17
• 11.0.18
• 11.0.19
• 11.0.20
• 11.0.21
• 11.0.22
• 2015.006.30355
• 2017.011.30066
• 2017.012.20098

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 104626
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.23 / 2015.006.30392 / 2017.011.30068 / 2018.009.20044 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-36)
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OpenVAS ID: 870219
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat Security Updates(apsb17-36)-MAC OS X
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 11.0.23/2015.006.30392/2017.011.30068/2018.009.20044

Snort ID: 2707
Snort Message: FILE-IMAGE JPEG parser multipacket heap overflow attempt
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Timelineinfo

11/01/2017 🔍
11/14/2017 +13 days 🔍
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11/18/2017 +2 days 🔍
12/09/2017 +21 days 🔍
01/24/2021 +1142 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-36
Researcher: willJ (riusksk)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-16392 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-16392
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109687

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SecurityFocus: 101831 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB17-36 Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039791

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2017 14:26
Updated: 01/24/2021 14:27
Changes: 11/18/2017 14:26 (79), 12/08/2019 15:52 (10), 01/24/2021 14:21 (2), 01/24/2021 14:27 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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