Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.17/15.006.30201/15.017.20053 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.17/15.006.30201/15.017.20053. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-7852. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.17/15.006.30201/15.017.20053 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.18, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30243, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.020.20039 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-2016-6940, CVE-2016-6941, CVE-2016-6942, CVE-2016-6943, CVE-2016-6947, CVE-2016-6948, CVE-2016-6950, CVE-2016-6951, CVE-2016-6954, CVE-2016-6955, CVE-2016-6956, CVE-2016-6959, CVE-2016-6960, CVE-2016-6966, CVE-2016-6970, CVE-2016-6972, CVE-2016-6973, CVE-2016-6974, CVE-2016-6975, CVE-2016-6976, CVE-2016-6977, CVE-2016-6978, CVE-2016-6995, CVE-2016-6996, CVE-2016-6997, CVE-2016-6998, CVE-2016-7000, CVE-2016-7001, CVE-2016-7002, CVE-2016-7003, CVE-2016-7004, CVE-2016-7005, CVE-2016-7006, CVE-2016-7007, CVE-2016-7008, CVE-2016-7009, CVE-2016-7010, CVE-2016-7011, CVE-2016-7012, CVE-2016-7013, CVE-2016-7014, CVE-2016-7015, CVE-2016-7016, CVE-2016-7017, CVE-2016-7018, CVE-2016-7019, CVE-2016-7853, and CVE-2016-7854.

The weakness was shared 10/21/2016 by Sebastian Apelt with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs as APSB16-33 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7852 since 09/09/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 94072 (Adobe Reader < 11.0.18 / 15.006.30243 / 15.020.20039 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-33)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version 11.0.18, 15.006.30243 or 15.020.20039 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (94072) and SecurityFocus (BID 93496†). The entries VDB-92615, VDB-92616, VDB-92617 and VDB-92618 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Document Reader Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

Version

• 11.0.0
• 11.0.01
• 11.0.02
• 11.0.03
• 11.0.04
• 11.0.05
• 11.0.06
• 11.0.07
• 11.0.08
• 11.0.09
• 11.0.10
• 11.0.11
• 11.0.12
• 11.0.13
• 11.0.14
• 11.0.15
• 11.0.16
• 11.0.17
• 15 Base
• 15.006.30060
• 15.006.30094
• 15.006.30096
• 15.006.30097
• 15.006.30119
• 15.006.30121
• 15.006.30172
• 15.006.30173
• 15.006.30174
• 15.006.30198
• 15.006.30201
• 15.008.20082
• 15.009.20069
• 15.009.20071
• 15.009.20077
• 15.009.20079
• 15.010.20056
• 15.010.20059
• 15.010.20060
• 15.016.20039
• 15.016.20041
• 15.016.20045
• 15.017.20050
• 15.017.20053

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 94072
Nessus Name: Adobe Reader < 11.0.18 / 15.006.30243 / 15.020.20039 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-33)
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OpenVAS ID: 861284
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat Security Updates(apsb16-33)-MAC OS X
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 11.0.18/15.006.30243/15.020.20039

Timelineinfo

09/09/2016 🔍
10/11/2016 +32 days 🔍
10/21/2016 +10 days 🔍
10/21/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/22/2016 +1 days 🔍
09/28/2022 +2167 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB16-33
Researcher: Sebastian Apelt
Organization: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-7852 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7852
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93029
SecurityFocus: 93496 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB16-33 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/22/2016 11:15
Updated: 09/28/2022 09:07
Changes: 10/22/2016 11:15 (61), 04/07/2017 11:09 (14), 09/28/2022 09:07 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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