Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.15/15.006 Memory information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.15/15.006. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure (Memory). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-1079. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.15/15.006 (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Memory). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.16, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30172, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.016.20039 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1092.

The weakness was presented 05/05/2016 by AbdulAziz Hariri with Zero Day Initiative as APSB16-14 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1079 since 12/22/2015. 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 T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91096 (Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.16 / 15.006.30172 / 15.016.20039 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-14)), 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 123265 (Adobe Acrobat and Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-14)).

Upgrading to version 11.0.16 or 15.006.30172 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 Tenable (91096) and SecurityFocus (BID 90511†). See VDB-87176, VDB-87177, VDB-87178 and VDB-87179 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Name: Memory
Class: Information disclosure / Memory
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 91096
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.16 / 15.006.30172 / 15.016.20039 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-14)
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OpenVAS ID: 861326
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Security Updates(apsb16-14)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 11.0.16/15.006.30172

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12/22/2015 🔍
05/05/2016 +135 days 🔍
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05/10/2016 +5 days 🔍
05/11/2016 +1 days 🔍
05/12/2016 +1 days 🔍
10/21/2024 +3084 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB16-14
Researcher: AbdulAziz Hariri
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1079 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1079
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87218

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SecurityFocus: 90511 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB16-14 Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1035828

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/12/2016 11:03
Updated: 10/21/2024 04:33
Changes: 05/12/2016 11:03 (59), 04/07/2017 10:48 (21), 08/18/2022 17:24 (3), 08/18/2022 17:31 (1), 10/21/2024 04:33 (16)
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