The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote macOS host is a version prior to 17.012.30262, 20.005.30381, or 22.002.20191. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.001.20169 (and earlier), 20.005.30362 (and earlier) and 17.012.30249 (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-2022-35667)

  - Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.001.20169 (and earlier), 20.005.30362 (and earlier) and 17.012.30249 (and     earlier) are affected by a Use After Free 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-2022-35665)

  - Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.001.20169 (and earlier), 20.005.30362 (and earlier) and 17.012.30249 (and     earlier) are affected by an Improper Input Validation 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-2022-35666)

  - Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.001.20169 (and earlier), 20.005.30362 (and earlier) and 17.012.30249 (and     earlier) are affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of     sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR.
    Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
    (CVE-2022-35668)

  - Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.001.20169 (and earlier), 20.005.30362 (and earlier) and 17.012.30249 (and     earlier) are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory.
    An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this     issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2022-35670)

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 < 17.012.30262 / 20.005.30381 / 22.002.20191 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB22-39) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 163956

Version 1.8

Version 1.7

Version 1.5

Version 1.4

Version 1.8 Nov 21, 2024, 2:36 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411211436
Version 1.7 Oct 4, 2024, 11:06 PM New Plugin Feed: 202410042306
Version 1.5 Mar 23, 2023, 4:25 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" changed from "9.3" to "7.2". "CVSSv2 score" changed from "9.3" to "7.2". "CVSSv2 vector" changed from "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C" to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C". "CVSSv2 vector" changed from "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C" to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C". "CVSSv2 vector" changed from "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C" to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2022-28838" to "CVE-2022-35667") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2022-35667") Plugin Feed: 202303231625
Version 1.4 Oct 18, 2022, 10:07 AM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202210181007