Adobe Acrobat Reader heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2017.011.30175/2020.001.30005/2020.012.20048 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-24435. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 2017.011.30175/2020.001.30005/2020.012.20048 (Document Reader Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 11/03/2020 as APSB20-67. The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-24435. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/01/2020).

Upgrading to version 2017.011.30180, 2020.001.30010 or 2020.013.20064 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.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 2017.011.30180/2020.001.30010/2020.013.20064

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08/19/2020 🔍
11/03/2020 +76 days 🔍
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11/04/2020 +1 days 🔍
12/01/2020 +27 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB20-67
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-24435 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-24435
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-164265

Entryinfo

Created: 11/04/2020 07:28
Updated: 12/01/2020 22:39
Changes: 11/04/2020 07:28 (42), 12/01/2020 22:34 (2), 12/01/2020 22:39 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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