Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.19/15.006.30280/15.023.20070 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.19/15.006.30280/15.023.20070. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-3018. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.19/15.006.30280/15.023.20070 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 11.0.19 and earlier, 15.006.30280 and earlier, 15.023.20070 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the renderer functionality. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 04/11/2017. The weakness was released 04/06/2017 by Ke Liu (kdot) with Tencent as APSB17-11 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-3018 since 12/02/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99373 (Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.20 / 2015.006.30306 / 2017.009.20044 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-11)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370364 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-11)).

Upgrading to version 11.0.20, 2015.006.30306 or 2017.009.20044 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 (99373), SecurityFocus (BID 97556†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038228†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-99604, VDB-99605, VDB-99606 and VDB-99607. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 99373
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 11.0.20 / 2015.006.30306 / 2017.009.20044 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-11)
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OpenVAS ID: 103337
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat Security Updates(apsb17-11)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 11.0.20/2015.006.30306/2017.009.20044

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-11
Researcher: Ke Liu (kdot)
Organization: Tencent
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-3018 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-3018
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99616

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SecurityFocus: 97556 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB17-11 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-3018 - Adobe - Multiple Products - Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038228

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/12/2017 11:17
Updated: 08/29/2020 11:54
Changes: 04/12/2017 11:17 (81), 08/29/2020 11:54 (9)
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