Adobe Acrobat Reader out-of-bounds

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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 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-16401. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 11/14/2017. The weakness was presented 11/14/2017 by riusksk with Zero Day Initiative as APSB17-36 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-16401 since 11/01/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit 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 102140†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039791†). See VDB-109677, VDB-109678, VDB-109679 and VDB-109680 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-36
Researcher: Toan Pham Van (riusksk)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-16401 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-16401
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109708

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SecurityFocus: 102140 - Adobe Reader and Acrobat Out-of-bounds Read Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039791

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2017 14:26
Updated: 09/03/2024 17:04
Changes: 11/18/2017 14:26 (74), 12/08/2019 17:47 (10), 01/24/2021 16:58 (3), 01/24/2021 17:02 (1), 09/03/2024 17:04 (17)
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