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Adobe Acrobat < 2015.006.30461 / 2017.011.30110 / 2019.010.20064 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-41)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 119675

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Synopsis

The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote Windows host is a version prior to 2015.006.30461, 2017.011.30110, or 2019.010.20064. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2019.008.20080 and earlier, 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2017.011.30106 and earlier version, 2017.011.30105 and earlier version, 2015.006.30457 and earlier, and 2015.006.30456 and earlier have a heap overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-12830, CVE-2018-16021, CVE-2018-19716)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2019.008.20080 and earlier, 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2017.011.30106 and earlier version, 2017.011.30105 and earlier version, 2015.006.30457 and earlier, and 2015.006.30456 and earlier have a use after free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-16008, CVE-2018-16014, CVE-2018-16025, CVE-2018-16026, CVE-2018-16027, CVE-2018-16029, CVE-2018-16036, CVE-2018-16037, CVE-2018-16039, CVE-2018-16040, CVE-2018-16046, CVE-2018-19698, CVE-2018-19700, CVE-2018-19707, CVE-2018-19708, CVE-2018-19713, CVE-2018-19715)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2019.008.20080 and earlier, 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2017.011.30106 and earlier version, 2017.011.30105 and earlier version, 2015.006.30457 and earlier, and 2015.006.30456 and earlier have a buffer errors vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-15987, CVE-2018-15998)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2019.008.20080 and earlier, 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2017.011.30106 and earlier version, 2017.011.30105 and earlier version, 2015.006.30457 and earlier, and 2015.006.30456 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-16004, CVE-2018-19720)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2019.008.20080 and earlier, 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2017.011.30106 and earlier version, 2017.011.30105 and earlier version, 2015.006.30457 and earlier, and 2015.006.30456 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation. (CVE-2018-16044, CVE-2018-16045)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Acrobat version 2015.006.30461 / 2017.011.30110 / 2019.010.20064 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-41.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 119675

File Name: adobe_acrobat_apsb18-41.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 12/14/2018

Updated: 11/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19715

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19716

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Adobe Acrobat

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12830, CVE-2018-15984, CVE-2018-15985, CVE-2018-15986, CVE-2018-15987, CVE-2018-15988, CVE-2018-15989, CVE-2018-15990, CVE-2018-15991, CVE-2018-15992, CVE-2018-15993, CVE-2018-15994, CVE-2018-15995, CVE-2018-15996, CVE-2018-15997, CVE-2018-15998, CVE-2018-15999, CVE-2018-16000, CVE-2018-16001, CVE-2018-16002, CVE-2018-16003, CVE-2018-16004, CVE-2018-16005, CVE-2018-16006, CVE-2018-16007, CVE-2018-16008, CVE-2018-16009, CVE-2018-16010, CVE-2018-16012, CVE-2018-16013, CVE-2018-16014, CVE-2018-16015, CVE-2018-16016, CVE-2018-16017, CVE-2018-16019, CVE-2018-16020, CVE-2018-16021, CVE-2018-16022, CVE-2018-16023, CVE-2018-16024, CVE-2018-16025, CVE-2018-16026, CVE-2018-16027, CVE-2018-16028, CVE-2018-16029, CVE-2018-16030, CVE-2018-16031, CVE-2018-16032, CVE-2018-16033, CVE-2018-16034, CVE-2018-16035, CVE-2018-16036, CVE-2018-16037, CVE-2018-16038, CVE-2018-16039, CVE-2018-16040, CVE-2018-16041, CVE-2018-16042, CVE-2018-16043, CVE-2018-16044, CVE-2018-16045, CVE-2018-16046, CVE-2018-16047, CVE-2018-19698, CVE-2018-19699, CVE-2018-19700, CVE-2018-19701, CVE-2018-19702, CVE-2018-19703, CVE-2018-19704, CVE-2018-19705, CVE-2018-19706, CVE-2018-19707, CVE-2018-19708, CVE-2018-19709, CVE-2018-19710, CVE-2018-19711, CVE-2018-19712, CVE-2018-19713, CVE-2018-19714, CVE-2018-19715, CVE-2018-19716, CVE-2018-19717, CVE-2018-19719, CVE-2018-19720, CVE-2018-19728