CVE-2018-4901 — Out-of-bounds Write in Adobe Acrobat

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write7 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
7.8%
top 8.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat DCAdobe Acrobat Reader+1 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018.009.20050 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30070 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30394 and earlier versions. The vulnerability is caused by the computation that writes data past the end of the intended buffer; the computation is part of the document identity representation. An attacker can potentially leverage the vulnerability to corrupt sensitive data or execute arbitrary code.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader17.0 — 17.011.30070
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader_dc- — 18.009.20050+1
▶NVDadobe/acrobat17.0 — 17.011.30070
▶NVDadobe/acrobat_dc- — 18.009.20050+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-f7cw-fqvv-747p: An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2018-4901: An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018↗2018-02-27
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
VMware WorkStation 12.5.3 - Virtual Machine Escape↗2019-06-06
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

3
Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Document ID Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2018-02-23
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Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Document ID Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2018-02-23
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Zscaler
Zscaler protects against 22 new vulnerabilities for Adobe Fl↗
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