Adobe Acrobat Reader resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2015.006.30523/2017.011.30171/2020.001.30002/2020.009.20074. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-9703. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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 rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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 presented 08/11/2020 as APSB20-48 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-9703. 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 MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

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.

See VDB-159661, VDB-159662, VDB-159663 and VDB-159664 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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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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-2020-9703 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9703
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-159668
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2020 21:59
Updated: 11/08/2020 14:18
Changes: 08/12/2020 21:59 (44), 08/12/2020 22:04 (17), 11/08/2020 14:18 (2)
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