CVE-2016-4205

published 2016-07-13

CVE-2016-4205: 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…

Priority P2 65 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.0

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

EXPLOIT

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-2016-4201, CVE-2016-4202, CVE-2016-4203, CVE-2016-4204, 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

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	acrobat	<= 11.0.16	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	<= 15.006.30174	—
adobe	acrobat_dc	<= 15.016.20045	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	<= 15.006.30174	—
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	<= 15.016.20045	—
adobe	reader	<= 11.0.16	—

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

url https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/40095.zip↗

version Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 15.016.20045↗

• → Trigger vector is a specially crafted PDF file containing an invalid .ttf font with invalid data — inspect PDF streams for embedded malformed TrueType font resources ↗
• → Vulnerability affects Adobe Acrobat Reader DC versions 15.016.20045 and earlier on Windows and OS X; flag process execution of vulnerable Reader versions opening external PDF files ↗

• · The CVE queried (CVE-2016-4205) is confirmed by the PoC advisory; however, the NVD document provided describes CVE-2016-4207 — version ranges from NVD (before 11.0.17 / DC Classic before 15.006.30198 / DC Continuous before 15.017.20050) apply to a sibling CVE and should be cross-checked against the official APSB16-26 bulletin before use in detection rules ↗

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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