Adobe Acrobat Reader resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30523/2017.011.30171/2020.001.30002/2020.009.20074. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes resource consumption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-9702. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30523/2017.011.30171/2020.001.30002/2020.009.20074 (Document Reader Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. 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 stack exhaustion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to application denial-of-service.

The weakness was disclosed 08/11/2020 as APSB20-48 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-9702. 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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.

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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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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03/02/2020 🔍
08/11/2020 +162 days 🔍
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11/08/2020 +88 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB20-48
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-9702 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9702
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-159667
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2020 21:59
Updated: 11/08/2020 14:12
Changes: 08/12/2020 21:59 (44), 08/12/2020 22:04 (17), 11/08/2020 14:12 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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