Adobe Acrobat Reader privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30518/2017.011.30166/2020.006.20042 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-9613. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30518/2017.011.30166/2020.006.20042 (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.006.20042 and earlier, 2017.011.30166 and earlier, 2017.011.30166 and earlier, and 2015.006.30518 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to security feature bypass.

The weakness was presented 05/12/2020 as APSB20-24 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-9613. 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 current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/16/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 2015.006.30523, 2017.011.30171 or 2020.009.20063 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

zdnet.com is providing further details. See VDB-155342, VDB-155343, VDB-155344 and VDB-155345 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30523/2017.011.30171/2020.009.20063

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05/12/2020 +71 days 🔍
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10/18/2020 +155 days 🔍

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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB20-24
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-9613 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9613
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-155348
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2020 09:53
Updated: 10/18/2020 14:40
Changes: 05/16/2020 09:53 (45), 05/16/2020 09:58 (17), 10/18/2020 14:40 (2)
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