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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.19/15.006.30280/15.023.20070 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-3040. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 11.0.19/15.006.30280/15.023.20070 (Document Reader Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. 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 bug was discovered 04/11/2017. The weakness was disclosed 04/06/2017 by Ke Liu (kdot) with Tencent as APSB17-11 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-3040 since 12/02/2016. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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†). The entries VDB-99604, VDB-99605, VDB-99606 and VDB-99607 are pretty similar. 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: Partially
Local: Yes
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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-2017-3040 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-3040
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99627

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SecurityFocus: 97556 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB17-11 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-3040 - Adobe - Multiple Products - Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038228

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/12/2017 11:17
Updated: 08/31/2024 20:50
Changes: 04/12/2017 11:17 (78), 08/29/2020 12:55 (9), 11/28/2022 13:29 (4), 08/31/2024 20:50 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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