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Adobe Acrobat <= 2015.006.30461 / 2017.011.30110 / 2019.010.20064 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB19-02) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120949

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Synopsis

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

Description

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

 - An unspecified use after free vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2018-16011)

 - An unspecified elevation of privilege vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2018-16018)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Acrobat 2015.006.30464 or 2017.011.30113 or 2019.010.20069 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb19-02.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120949

File Name: macosx_adobe_acrobat_apsb19-02.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 1/4/2019

Updated: 10/31/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16018

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Adobe Acrobat

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/3/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16011, CVE-2018-16018