Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.09 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.09. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-8453. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.09 (Document Reader Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.13 and 11.x before 11.0.10 on Windows and OS X allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 12/09/2014 by Alex Inführ with Cure53 as APSB14-28 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-8453 since 10/22/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79855 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.13 / 11.0.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-28)), 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 123021 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-28)).

Upgrading to version 10.1.13 or 11.0.10 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 19254.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (99215), Tenable (79855), SecurityFocus (BID 71557†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031322†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47546†). See VDB-68360, VDB-68361, VDB-68362 and VDB-68363 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 79855
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.13 / 11.0.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-28)
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OpenVAS ID: 803803
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Dec14 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 10.1.13/11.0.10
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB14-28
Researcher: Alex Inführ
Organization: Cure53
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-8453 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8453
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68378
X-Force: 99215 - Adobe Reader and Acrobat security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 71557 - Adobe Reader and Acrobat CVE-2014-8453 Same Origin Policy Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1031322 - Adobe Acrobat/Reader Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Bypass Same-Origin Restrictions and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 47546 - [APSB14-28] Adobe Acrobat and Reader Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability - CVE-2014-8453, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/10/2014 17:12
Updated: 02/28/2022 02:27
Changes: 12/10/2014 17:12 (47), 04/07/2017 10:46 (31), 02/28/2022 02:12 (1), 02/28/2022 02:20 (7), 02/28/2022 02:27 (1)
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