Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2019.010.20100 out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2019.010.20100. It has been declared as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-7836. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2019.010.20100 (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 05/14/2019. The weakness was released 05/14/2019 by Aleksandar Nikolic with Palo Alto Networks as APSB19-18 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-7836 since 02/12/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371777 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB19-18)).

Upgrading to version 2015.006.30497, 2017.011.30142 or 2019.012.20034 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at get.adobe.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The security bulletin contains the following remark:

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS. These updates address critical and important vulnerabilities.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 108320†). blog.talosintelligence.com is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-134755, VDB-134757, VDB-134758 and VDB-134759. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30497/2017.011.30142/2019.012.20034

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB19-18
Researcher: Aleksandar Nikolic
Organization: Palo Alto Networks
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-7836 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-7836
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134756
SecurityFocus: 108320 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use After Free Multiple Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/15/2019 08:29
Updated: 09/17/2023 14:23
Changes: 05/15/2019 08:29 (69), 06/10/2020 09:45 (7), 09/17/2023 14:23 (4)
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