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CVE-2016-4206
published 2016-07-13

CVE-2016-4206: 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…

PriorityP265critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
17.81%
96.8th 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-2016-4201, CVE-2016-4202, CVE-2016-4203, CVE-2016-4204, CVE-2016-4205, 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/40100.zip
  • Trigger condition is opening a specially crafted PDF file containing an invalid TrueType font (.ttf) with invalid data — hunt for PDF files embedding malformed TTF font streams.
  • Vulnerable versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC are 15.016.20045 and earlier; flag processes running these versions opening external/untrusted PDFs.
  • ·CVE-2016-4206 affects Adobe Acrobat Reader DC on both Windows and OS X platforms; patched in APSB16-26 (Acrobat/Reader DC Continuous 15.017.20050, DC Classic 15.006.30198, and Reader XI 11.0.17).
  • ·The NVD source (DOC 1) describes CVE-2016-4207, not CVE-2016-4206; the exploit-db source (DOC 2) is the authoritative reference for CVE-2016-4206 specifically.

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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