VDB-118003 · CVE-2017-11253 · OpenVAS 830644

Adobe Acrobat Reader out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.22/2015.006.30355/2017.011.30066/2017.012.20098. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-11253. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been 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. Affected by this vulnerability is 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 summary by CVE is:

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.012.20098 and earlier, 2017.011.30066 and earlier, 2015.006.30355 and earlier, 11.0.22 and earlier have an exploitable out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

The bug was discovered 11/14/2017. The weakness was presented 02/13/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-11253 since 07/13/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 91 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-109677, VDB-109678, VDB-109679 and VDB-109680 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Document Reader Software

Vendor

Adobe

Name

Acrobat Reader

Version

License

free

Website

Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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OpenVAS ID: 830644
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat DC (Continuous Track) Multiple Vulnerabilities-apsb17-36 (Mac OS X)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/13/2017 🔍
11/14/2017 +124 days 🔍
02/13/2018 +91 days 🔍
05/19/2018 +94 days 🔍
05/20/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/07/2020 +628 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-11253 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-11253
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118003
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/20/2018 10:41
Updated: 02/07/2020 17:22
Changes: 05/20/2018 10:41 (62), 02/07/2020 17:22 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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