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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.16/15.006.30174/15.016.20045. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-4254. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.16/15.006.30174/15.016.20045 (Document Reader Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown function. 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 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-2016-4206, CVE-2016-4207, CVE-2016-4208, CVE-2016-4211, CVE-2016-4212, CVE-2016-4213, CVE-2016-4214, CVE-2016-4250, CVE-2016-4251, and CVE-2016-4252.

The weakness was presented 07/13/2016 by AbdulAziz Hariri (kdot) with Zero Day Initiative as APSB16-26 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-4254 since 04/27/2016. 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.

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 Tenable (92036) and SecurityFocus (BID 91716†). See VDB-89076, VDB-89077, VDB-89078 and VDB-89079 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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-2016-4254 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4254
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-89138

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

Created: 07/13/2016 10:46
Updated: 10/03/2024 05:07
Changes: 07/13/2016 10:46 (63), 04/07/2017 11:05 (16), 09/02/2022 14:50 (3), 10/03/2024 05:07 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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