The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote macOS host is a version prior to 20.005.30436 or 22.003.20310. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and     earlier) are affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound 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-2023-21579)

  - Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and     earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read 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-2023-21581,     CVE-2023-21585, CVE-2023-21613, CVE-2023-21614)

  - Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and     earlier) are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow 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-2023-21604, CVE-2023-21610)

  - Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and     earlier) are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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-2023-21605)

  - Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (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-2023-21606, CVE-2023-21609, CVE-2023-22240, CVE-2023-22241,     CVE-2023-22242)

  - Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (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-2023-21607)

  - Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (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-2023-21608)

  - Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and     earlier) are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions     vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. Exploitation     of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2023-21611,     CVE-2023-21612)

  - NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) potentially leading to Application denial-of-service (CVE-2023-21586)

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 < 20.005.30436 / 22.003.20310 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB23-01) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169878

Version 1.10