Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.1.10/10.1.11/11.0.07/11.0.08 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.1.10/10.1.11/11.0.07/11.0.08 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-0568. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.1.10/10.1.11/11.0.07/11.0.08 (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity.

The weakness was presented 09/16/2014 by James Forshaw with Google Project Zero as APSB14-20 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-0568 since 12/20/2013. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77711 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.12 / 11.0.09 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-20)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122663 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-20)).

Upgrading to version 10.1.12 or 11.0.09 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96000), Tenable (77711), SecurityFocus (BID 69828†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46123†). See VDB-67549, VDB-67550, VDB-67551 and VDB-67552 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 77711
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.12 / 11.0.09 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-20)
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OpenVAS ID: 803434
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Sep14 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 10.1.12/11.0.09

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB14-20
Researcher: James Forshaw
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0568 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0568
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67553

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X-Force: 96000 - Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 69828 - Adobe Reader and Acrobat CVE-2014-0568 Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1030853
Vulnerability Center: 46123 - [APSB14-20] Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability - CVE-2014-0568, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/18/2014 23:52
Updated: 02/16/2022 07:10
Changes: 09/18/2014 23:52 (45), 04/07/2017 10:45 (29), 02/16/2022 06:42 (3), 02/16/2022 06:57 (7), 02/16/2022 07:10 (1)
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