Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2019.008.20081 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2019.008.20081. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-15998. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2019.008.20081 (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 12/11/2018. The weakness was released 12/11/2018 as APSB18-41 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-15998 since 08/28/2018. 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 07/01/2023).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 119674 (Adobe Reader <= 15.006.30456 / 17.011.30105 / 19.008.20080 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-41) (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 371372 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (APSB18-41)).

Upgrading to version 2015.006.30461, 2017.011.30110 or 2019.010.20064 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 (119674) and SecurityFocus (BID 106163†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-129852, VDB-129853, VDB-129854 and VDB-129855. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 119674
Nessus Name: Adobe Reader <= 15.006.30456 / 17.011.30105 / 19.008.20080 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-41) (macOS)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30461/2017.011.30110/2019.010.20064

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08/28/2018 🔍
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01/18/2019 +35 days 🔍
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07/01/2023 +1624 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB18-41
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-15998 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-15998
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-129851
SecurityFocus: 106163 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB18-41 Multiple Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2019 11:11
Updated: 07/01/2023 14:12
Changes: 01/19/2019 11:11 (75), 05/02/2020 11:31 (5), 07/01/2023 14:12 (4)
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