Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.16/15.006.30174/15.016.20045 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.16/15.006.30174/15.016.20045. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-4206. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.16/15.006.30174/15.016.20045 (Document Reader Software). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 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-2016-4191, CVE-2016-4192, CVE-2016-4193, CVE-2016-4194, CVE-2016-4195, CVE-2016-4196, CVE-2016-4197, CVE-2016-4198, CVE-2016-4199, CVE-2016-4200, CVE-2016-4201, CVE-2016-4202, CVE-2016-4203, CVE-2016-4204, CVE-2016-4205, CVE-2016-4207, CVE-2016-4208, CVE-2016-4211, CVE-2016-4212, CVE-2016-4213, CVE-2016-4214, CVE-2016-4250, CVE-2016-4251, CVE-2016-4252, and CVE-2016-4254.

The weakness was released 07/13/2016 by AbdulAziz Hariri (kdot) with Zero Day Initiative as APSB16-26 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-4206 since 04/27/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by COSIG and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92036 (Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.17 / 15.006.30198 / 15.017.20050 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-26) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370084 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-26)).

Upgrading to version 11.0.17, 15.006.30198 or 15.017.20050 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 Exploit-DB (40100), Tenable (92036) and SecurityFocus (BID 91716†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-89076, VDB-89077, VDB-89078 and VDB-89079. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: COSIG
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Nessus ID: 92036
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.17 / 15.006.30198 / 15.017.20050 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-26) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 68089
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Security Updates(apsb16-26)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 11.0.17/15.006.30198/15.017.20050

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB16-26
Researcher: AbdulAziz Hariri (kdot)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4206 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4206
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-89091

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SecurityFocus: 91716 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB16-26 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036281

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/13/2016 10:42
Updated: 06/26/2024 01:02
Changes: 07/13/2016 10:42 (66), 04/07/2017 11:04 (23), 09/02/2022 09:40 (3), 09/02/2022 09:44 (1), 06/26/2024 01:02 (15)
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