Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30467/23.003.20244 violation of secure design principles

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30467/23.003.20244. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes violation of secure design principles. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-29320. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30467/23.003.20244 (Document Reader Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a violation of secure design principles vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-657. The product violates well-established principles for secure design. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Violation of Secure Design Principles vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user by bypassing the API blacklisting feature. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

The weakness was released 08/10/2023 as apsb23-30. It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-29320 since 04/04/2023. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/10/2023).

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Productinfo

Type

Document Reader Software

Vendor

Adobe

Name

Acrobat Reader

Version

License

free

Website

Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
CNA Vector (Adobe Systems Incorporated): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Violation of secure design principles
CWE: CWE-657
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/04/2023 🔍
08/10/2023 +128 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb23-30
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-29320 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-29320
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-236791

Entryinfo

Created: 08/10/2023 18:10
Changes: 08/10/2023 18:10 (49)
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Cache ID: 216::103