Adobe Acrobat Reader out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30452/2017.011.30102/2018.011.20063. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-12879. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30452/2017.011.30102/2018.011.20063 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. 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 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure.

The bug was discovered 10/01/2018. The weakness was disclosed 10/01/2018 by Ke Liu with Zero Day Initiative as APSB18-30 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-12879 since 06/25/2018. 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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 117877 (Adobe Reader <= 2015.006.30452 / 2017.011.30102 / 2018.011.20063 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-30)), 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 371230 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (APSB18-30)).

Upgrading to version 2015.006.30456, 2017.011.30105 or 2019.008.20071 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 (117877), SecurityFocus (BID 105439†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1041809†). The entries VDB-124957, VDB-124958, VDB-124959 and VDB-124960 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 117877
Nessus Name: Adobe Reader <= 2015.006.30452 / 2017.011.30102 / 2018.011.20063 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-30)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30456/2017.011.30105/2019.008.20071

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06/25/2018 🔍
10/01/2018 +97 days 🔍
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10/12/2018 +4 days 🔍
08/07/2024 +2125 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB18-30
Researcher: Ke Liu
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-12879 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12879
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-124987
SecurityFocus: 105439 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB18-30 Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1041809

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/08/2018 07:34
Updated: 08/07/2024 01:42
Changes: 10/08/2018 07:34 (76), 03/31/2020 08:46 (7), 08/07/2024 01:42 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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