Adobe Acrobat Reader Image Conversion TIFF Metadata out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30394/2017.011.30070/2018.009.20050. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Image Conversion. The manipulation as part of TIFF Metadata results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-4897. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30394/2017.011.30070/2018.009.20050 (Document Reader Software). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Image Conversion. The manipulation as part of a TIFF Metadata leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018.009.20050 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30070 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30394 and earlier versions. This vulnerability occurs as a result of computation that reads data that is past the end of the target buffer; the computation is part of the image conversion module that parses TIFF metadata. A successful attack can lead to sensitive data exposure.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2018. The weakness was presented 02/13/2018 by Steven Seeley (riusksk) with Zero Day Initiative as APSB18-02 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-4897 since 01/03/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 106846 (Adobe Reader <= 2015.006.30394 / 2017.011.30070 / 2018.009.20050 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-02)), 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 370776 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (APSB18-02)).

Upgrading to version 2015.006.30413, 2015.006.30416, 2017.011.30078 or 2018.011.20035 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 (106846) and SecurityFocus (BID 102996†). See VDB-113849, VDB-113850, VDB-113851 and VDB-113852 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: 106846
Nessus Name: Adobe Reader <= 2015.006.30394 / 2017.011.30070 / 2018.009.20050 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-02)
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OpenVAS ID: 63528
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat 2017 Multiple Vulnerabilities-apsb18-02 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30413/2015.006.30416/2017.011.30078 /2018.011.20035

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB18-02
Researcher: Steven Seeley (riusksk)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4897 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4897
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113868

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SecurityFocus: 102996 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB18-02 Out of Bounds Read Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040364

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/27/2018 11:05
Updated: 02/10/2023 14:25
Changes: 02/27/2018 11:05 (79), 01/08/2020 21:08 (7), 02/10/2023 14:25 (4)
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