Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 10.1.14/11.0.11 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 10.1.14/11.0.11. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-5087. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 10.1.14/11.0.11 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.15 and 11.x before 11.0.12, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 2015.006.30060, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 2015.008.20082 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3095, CVE-2015-5094, CVE-2015-5100, CVE-2015-5102, CVE-2015-5103, CVE-2015-5104, and CVE-2015-5115.

The weakness was disclosed 07/15/2015 by AbdulAziz Hariri as APSB15-15 as confirmed advisory (Website) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5087 since 06/26/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84800 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.15 / 11.0.12 / 2015.006.30060 / 2015.008.20082 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-15)), 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 123662 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-15)).

Upgrading to version 10.1.15 or 11.0.12 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 20117.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (84800), SecurityFocus (BID 75740†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51260†). The entries VDB-76512, VDB-76513, VDB-76517 and VDB-76518 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 84800
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.15 / 11.0.12 / 2015.006.30060 / 2015.008.20082 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-15)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 10.1.15/11.0.12
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB15-15
Researcher: AbdulAziz Hariri
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-5087 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5087
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76532
SecurityFocus: 75740 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB15-15 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1032892
Vulnerability Center: 51260 - [APSB15-15] Adobe Reader, Acrobat, Reader DC and Acrobat DC Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-5087, Critical

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Created: 07/16/2015 11:40
Updated: 12/21/2024 06:44
Changes: 07/16/2015 11:40 (57), 04/07/2017 10:46 (14), 06/01/2022 08:19 (2), 06/01/2022 08:21 (1), 12/21/2024 06:44 (16)
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