CVE-2018-4901
published 2018-02-27CVE-2018-4901: 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…
high8.8CVSS 3.0
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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.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | acrobat | 17.0 – 17.011.30070 | — |
| adobe | acrobat_dc | - – 18.009.20050 | — |
| adobe | acrobat_dc | 15.0 – 15.006.30394 | — |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 17.0 – 17.011.30070 | — |
| adobe | acrobat_reader_dc | - – 18.009.20050 | — |
| adobe | acrobat_reader_dc | 15.0 – 15.006.30394 | — |
No detection rules found.
Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Document ID Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
blogs_talos·2018-02-23·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Document ID Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
### OverviewToday, Talos is releasing details of a new vulnerability within Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most popular and most feature-rich PDF reader. It has a big user base, is usually a default PDF reader on systems and integrates into web browsers as a plugin for rendering PDFs. As such, tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page or sending a specially crafted email attachment can be enough to trigger this vulnerability.
A specific Javascript script embedded in a PDF file can cause the document ID field to be used in an unbounded copy operation leading to stack-based buffer overflow when opening a specially crafted PDF document in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2018.009.20044. This stack overflow can lead to ret
Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Document ID Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
blogs_talos·2018-02-23·CVSS 8.8
[HIGH] Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Document ID Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
## Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Document ID Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
## Overview Today, Talos is releasing details of a new vulnerability within Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most popular and most feature-rich PDF reader. It has a big user base, is usually a default PDF reader on systems and integrates into web browsers as a plugin for rendering PDFs. As such, tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page or sending a specially crafted email attachment can be enough to trigger this vulnerability.
A specific Javascript script embedded in a PDF file can cause the document ID field to be used in an unbounded copy operation leading to stack-based buffer overflow when opening a speciall
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2018-02-27
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