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. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-16402. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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 rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 11/14/2017. The weakness was shared 11/14/2017 by riusksk 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-2017-16402 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 102140†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039791†). The entries VDB-109677, VDB-109678, VDB-109679 and VDB-109680 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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09/03/2024 +2457 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-36
Researcher: Toan Pham Van (riusksk)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-16402 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-16402
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109709

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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 17:50
Changes: 11/18/2017 14:26 (74), 12/08/2019 17:56 (10), 01/24/2021 17:09 (3), 01/24/2021 17:12 (1), 09/03/2024 17:50 (17)
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