Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.15 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.15. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-4265. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.15 (Document Reader Software). This affects some unknown processing. 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-2016-4206, CVE-2016-4207, CVE-2016-4208, CVE-2016-4211, CVE-2016-4212, CVE-2016-4213, CVE-2016-4214, CVE-2016-4250, CVE-2016-4251, CVE-2016-4252, CVE-2016-4254, CVE-2016-4266, CVE-2016-4267, CVE-2016-4268, CVE-2016-4269, and CVE-2016-4270.

The weakness was disclosed 08/23/2016 by Steven Seeley with Zero Day Initiative as APSB16-26 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The security bulletin contains:

August 23, 2016: added references to CVE-2016-4265, CVE-2016-4266, CVE-2016-4265, CVE-2016-4266, CVE-2016-4267, CVE-2016-4268, CVE-2016-4269 and CVE-2016-4270, which were inadvertently omitted from the bulletin.
APSB16-26 added CVE references weeks later. But the changelog lists some of them twice. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-4265 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly 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 before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (92036) and SecurityFocus (BID 92640†). The entries VDB-89076, VDB-89077, VDB-89078 and VDB-89079 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider 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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04/27/2016 🔍
07/07/2016 +71 days 🔍
08/23/2016 +47 days 🔍
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08/26/2016 +3 days 🔍
08/27/2016 +1 days 🔍
10/03/2024 +2959 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB16-26
Researcher: Steven Seeley
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4265 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4265
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90957
SecurityFocus: 92640 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2016-4265 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/27/2016 09:17
Updated: 10/03/2024 08:46
Changes: 08/27/2016 09:17 (66), 04/07/2017 11:04 (14), 10/03/2024 08:46 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:92C:103

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