Adobe Acrobat < 17.011.30207 / 20.004.30020 / 21.011.20039 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB22-01) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 156666

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 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: 156666

File Name: macos_adobe_acrobat_apsb22-01.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: macosx

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: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, 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

CWE: 121, 122, 125, 190, 20, 200, 416, 476, 657, 787, 788, 824

IAVA: 2022-A-0013-S