The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote macOS host is a version prior to 2017.011.30199, 2020.004.30006, or 2021.005.20058. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197     (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command. An     authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution on the host     machine in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a     victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-28634)

  - Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197     (and earlier) are affected by an Use-after-free vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage     this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of     this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-28639,     CVE-2021-28641, CVE-2021-35981, CVE-2021-35983)

  - Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197     (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could     leverage this vulnerability to disclose arbitrary memory information in the context of the current user.
    Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
    (CVE-2021-35988)

  - Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197     (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds Read vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could     leverage this vulnerability to disclose arbitrary memory information in the context of the current user.
    Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
    (CVE-2021-35987)

  - Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197     (and earlier) are affected by a Path traversal vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage     this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of     this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-28644,     CVE-2021-35980)

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

Detections

Analytics

Adobe Reader < 2017.011.30199 / 2020.004.30006 / 2021.005.20058 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-51) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151585

Version 1.12

Version 1.11

Version 1.12 Oct 4, 2024, 11:06 PM New Plugin Feed: 202410042306
Version 1.11 Sep 13, 2024, 10:17 AM Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202409131017