Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 24.005.20307 out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30710/20.005.30730/24.001.30193/24.001.30213/24.005.20307 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-49534. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 20.005.30710/20.005.30730/24.001.30193/24.001.30213/24.005.20307. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Acrobat Reader versions 24.005.20307, 24.001.30213, 24.001.30193, 20.005.30730, 20.005.30710 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-49534 since 10/15/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 12/11/2024).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Document Reader Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

Version

• 20.005.30710
• 20.005.30730
• 24.001.30193
• 24.001.30213
• 24.005.20307

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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