CVE-2016-0954

published 2016-03-09

CVE-2016-0954: Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Priority P2 63 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

EXPLOIT

Adobe Digital Editions before 4.5.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	digital_editions	<= 4.5.0	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url https://plmsecurity.net/sites/plmsecurity.net/files/APSB16-06_PoC.pdf↗

url https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/39533.zip↗

• → Trigger is a specially crafted ExtGState object inside a PDF file — inspect PDF streams for malformed/anomalous ExtGState dictionary entries when processed by Adobe Digital Editions. ↗
• → Vulnerable file type is PDF (.pdf); flag suspicious PDF files opened by Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.0 and earlier for triage. ↗

• · Vulnerability affects Adobe Digital Editions on all four platforms (Windows, Macintosh, iOS, Android); detection/patching scope must cover all platforms. ↗
• · All versions up to and including 4.5.0 are vulnerable; 4.5.1 is the first fixed release (APSB16-06). ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 10.0 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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