Adobe Reader < 2015.006.30527 / 2017.011.30175 / 2020.001.30005 / 2020.012.20041 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB20-48)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139581

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote Windows host is a version prior to 2015.006.30527, 2017.011.30175, 2020.001.30005, or 2020.012.20041. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

- Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have a disclosure of sensitive data vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to memory leak. (CVE-2020-9697)

- Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation . (CVE-2020-9714)

- Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution . (CVE-2020-9693, CVE-2020-9694)

- Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to security feature bypass. (CVE-2020-9696, CVE-2020-9712)

- Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have a stack exhaustion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to application denial-of-service. (CVE-2020-9702, CVE-2020-9703)

- Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2020-9705, CVE-2020-9706, CVE-2020-9707, CVE-2020-9710, CVE-2020-9716, CVE-2020-9717, CVE-2020-9718, CVE-2020-9719, CVE-2020-9720, CVE-2020-9721, CVE-2020-9723)

- Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have a buffer error vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution . (CVE-2020-9698, CVE-2020-9699, CVE-2020-9700, CVE-2020-9701, CVE-2020-9704)

- Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.009.20074 and earlier, 2020.001.30002, 2017.011.30171 and earlier, and 2015.006.30523 and earlier have an use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution . (CVE-2020-9715, CVE-2020-9722)

- Memory corruption potentially leading to Arbitrary Code Execution (CVE-2020-9695, CVE-2020-9713)

- Memory corruption potentially leading to Information disclosure (CVE-2020-9711)

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 Reader version 2015.006.30527 / 2017.011.30175 / 2020.001.30005 / 2020.012.20041 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-48.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139581

File Name: adobe_reader_apsb20-48.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/14/2020

Updated: 9/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-9722

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9693, CVE-2020-9694, CVE-2020-9695, CVE-2020-9696, CVE-2020-9697, CVE-2020-9698, CVE-2020-9699, CVE-2020-9700, CVE-2020-9701, CVE-2020-9702, CVE-2020-9703, CVE-2020-9704, CVE-2020-9705, CVE-2020-9706, CVE-2020-9707, CVE-2020-9710, CVE-2020-9711, CVE-2020-9712, CVE-2020-9713, CVE-2020-9714, CVE-2020-9715, CVE-2020-9716, CVE-2020-9717, CVE-2020-9718, CVE-2020-9719, CVE-2020-9720, CVE-2020-9721, CVE-2020-9722, CVE-2020-9723

IAVA: 2020-A-0363-S