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Adobe Acrobat < 20.005.30539 / 23.006.20380 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB23-54)
high Nessus Plugin ID 185552
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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 20.005.30539 or 23.006.20380. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.- Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.006.20360 (and earlier) and 20.005.30524 (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-2023-44336, CVE-2023-44359, CVE-2023-44367, CVE-2023-44371, CVE-2023-44372)
- Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.006.20360 (and earlier) and 20.005.30524 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when parsing a crafted file, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2023-44337, CVE-2023-44338)
- Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.006.20360 (and earlier) and 20.005.30524 (and earlier) are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer 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-2023-44365)
- Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.006.20360 (and earlier) and 20.005.30524 (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-2023-44366)
- Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.006.20360 (and earlier) and 20.005.30524 (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-2023-44339, CVE-2023-44340, CVE-2023-44348, CVE-2023-44356, CVE-2023-44357, CVE-2023-44358, CVE-2023-44360)
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 20.005.30539 / 23.006.20380 or later.See Also
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-54.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 185552
File Name: adobe_acrobat_apsb23-54.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 11/14/2023
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: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44372
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat
Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Adobe Acrobat
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-44336, CVE-2023-44337, CVE-2023-44338, CVE-2023-44339, CVE-2023-44340, CVE-2023-44348, CVE-2023-44356, CVE-2023-44357, CVE-2023-44358, CVE-2023-44359, CVE-2023-44360, CVE-2023-44361, CVE-2023-44365, CVE-2023-44366, CVE-2023-44367, CVE-2023-44371, CVE-2023-44372