Adobe Acrobat Reader memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.22/2015.006.30355/2017.011.30066/2017.012.20098. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-16383. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was 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. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 11/14/2017. The weakness was disclosed 11/14/2017 by Ke Liu with Zero Day Initiative as APSB17-36 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-16383 since 11/01/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (104626), SecurityFocus (BID 101823†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039791†). The entries VDB-109677, VDB-109678, VDB-109679 and VDB-109680 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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

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12/09/2017 +21 days 🔍
09/03/2024 +2460 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-36
Researcher: Ke Liu
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-16383 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-16383
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109697

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SecurityFocus: 101823 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1039791

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2017 14:26
Updated: 09/03/2024 08:45
Changes: 11/18/2017 14:26 (74), 12/08/2019 16:39 (10), 01/24/2021 15:26 (2), 09/03/2024 08:45 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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