Adobe Acrobat Reader out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30417/2017.011.30079/2018.011.20038 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-4950. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30417/2017.011.30079/2018.011.20038 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 05/14/2018. The weakness was presented 05/14/2018 with Zero Day Initiative as APSB18-09 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-4950 since 01/03/2018. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/21/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109897 (Adobe Acrobat < 2015.006.30418 / 2017.011.30080 / 2018.011.20040 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-09) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370948 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (APSB18-09)).

Upgrading to version 2015.006.30418, 2017.011.30080 or 2018.011.20040 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 (109897) and SecurityFocus (BID 104174†). See VDB-117722, VDB-117723, VDB-117724 and VDB-117725 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

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Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 109897
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 2015.006.30418 / 2017.011.30080 / 2018.011.20040 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-09) (macOS)
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OpenVAS ID: 10837
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat 2017 Security Updates(apsb18-09)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30418/2017.011.30080/2018.011.20040

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01/03/2018 🔍
05/14/2018 +131 days 🔍
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07/21/2024 +2204 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB18-09
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-4950 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4950
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117743
SecurityFocus: 104174 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2018-4950 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040920

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2018 00:20
Updated: 07/21/2024 02:39
Changes: 05/16/2018 00:20 (74), 02/05/2020 12:04 (5), 03/13/2023 10:53 (5), 07/21/2024 02:39 (16)
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