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CVE-2016-4201
published 2016-07-13

CVE-2016-4201: 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…

PriorityP266critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
20.77%
97.2th percentile
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-2016-4202, 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, and CVE-2016-4254.

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
adobeacrobat<= 11.0.16
adobeacrobat_dc<= 15.006.30174
adobeacrobat_dc<= 15.016.20045
adobeacrobat_reader_dc<= 15.006.30174
adobeacrobat_reader_dc<= 15.016.20045
adobereader<= 11.0.16

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urlhttps://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/40101.zip
  • Trigger vector is a specially crafted PDF file containing an invalid TrueType font (.ttf) with invalid data — inspect PDF streams for embedded malformed .ttf font objects as a detection signal.
  • Vulnerable versions are Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.016.20045 and earlier, Adobe Reader/Acrobat before 11.0.17, DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 — flag processes running these versions opening PDF files.
  • ·The CVE-2016-4201 PoC requires user interaction — the victim must manually open the malicious PDF file; purely passive or drive-by exploitation without user interaction is not indicated.
  • ·CVE-2016-4201 affects both Windows and macOS platforms; detections should not be scoped to Windows only.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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