Adobe Acrobat Reader out-of-bounds write

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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. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-4918. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.22/2015.006.30355/2017.011.30066/2017.012.20098 (Document Reader Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.009.20050 and earlier, 2017.011.30070 and earlier, 2015.006.30394 and earlier have an exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2018. The weakness was published 02/13/2018 by Aleksandar Nikolic with Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-4918 since 01/03/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/22/2024).

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 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 102994†). Similar entries are available at VDB-113849, VDB-113850, VDB-113851 and VDB-113852. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.1

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Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / 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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01/03/2018 🔍
02/13/2018 +41 days 🔍
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07/22/2024 +2255 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Researcher: Aleksandar Nikolic
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-4918 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4918
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118010

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SecurityFocus: 102994 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB18-02 Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040364

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/20/2018 10:44
Updated: 07/22/2024 19:04
Changes: 05/20/2018 10:44 (72), 02/07/2020 16:48 (5), 03/14/2023 12:43 (4), 07/22/2024 19:04 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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