Adobe Acrobat Reader information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30523/2017.011.30171/2020.001.30002/2020.009.20074. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-9697. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30523/2017.011.30171/2020.001.30002/2020.009.20074 (Document Reader Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have a disclosure of sensitive data vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to memory leak.

The weakness was released 08/11/2020 as APSB20-48 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-9697. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2015.006.30527, 2017.011.30175, 2020.001.30005 or 2020.012.20041 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-159662, VDB-159663, VDB-159664 and VDB-159665. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2015.006.30527/2017.011.30175/2020.001.30005/2020.012.20041

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB20-48
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-9697 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9697
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-159661
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2020 21:58
Updated: 11/08/2020 13:43
Changes: 08/12/2020 21:58 (43), 08/12/2020 22:03 (17), 11/08/2020 13:43 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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