Adobe Acrobat Reader access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30418/2017.011.30080/2018.011.20040. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-12802. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30418/2017.011.30080/2018.011.20040 (Document Reader Software). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30080 and earlier, and 2015.006.30418 and earlier versions have a Security Bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

The bug was discovered 07/10/2018. The weakness was released 07/10/2018 as APSB18-21 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-12802 since 06/25/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371060 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (APSB18-21)).

Upgrading to version 2015.006.30434, 2017.011.30096 or 2018.011.20055 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 SecurityFocus (BID 104704†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1041250†). Further details are available at zdnet.com. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-121210, VDB-121211, VDB-121212 and VDB-121213. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30434/2017.011.30096/2018.011.20055

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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB18-21
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-12802 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12802
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-121251

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SecurityFocus: 104704 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2018-12802 Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1041250

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2018 16:25
Updated: 08/10/2024 15:25
Changes: 07/11/2018 16:25 (73), 03/02/2020 17:00 (5), 08/10/2024 15:25 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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