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Adobe Acrobat < 17.011.30207 / 20.004.30020 / 21.011.20039 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB22-01)
high Nessus Plugin ID 156665
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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 17.011.30207, 20.004.30020, or 21.011.20039. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.- Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in 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 font file. (CVE-2022-24091, CVE-2022-24092)
- Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could result in 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-2021-44701, CVE-2021-44704, CVE-2021-44705, CVE-2021-44706, CVE-2021-44710, CVE-2021-45062, CVE-2021-45064)
- Acrobat Reader DC ActiveX Control versions 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by an Information Disclosure vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to obtain NTLMv2 credentials. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit an attacker controlled web page. (CVE-2021-44702)
- Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a stack buffer overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted file, potentially resulting in 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-2021-44703)
- Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in 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-2021-44707, CVE-2021-45061, CVE-2021-45068)
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 17.011.30207 / 20.004.30020 / 21.011.20039 or later.See Also
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-01.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 156665
File Name: adobe_acrobat_apsb22-01.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 1/12/2022
Updated: 11/21/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
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-2022-24092
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24091
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: 1/11/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-44701, CVE-2021-44702, CVE-2021-44703, CVE-2021-44704, CVE-2021-44705, CVE-2021-44706, CVE-2021-44707, CVE-2021-44708, CVE-2021-44709, CVE-2021-44710, CVE-2021-44711, CVE-2021-44712, CVE-2021-44713, CVE-2021-44714, CVE-2021-44715, CVE-2021-44739, CVE-2021-44740, CVE-2021-44741, CVE-2021-44742, CVE-2021-45060, CVE-2021-45061, CVE-2021-45062, CVE-2021-45063, CVE-2021-45064, CVE-2021-45067, CVE-2021-45068, CVE-2022-24091, CVE-2022-24092