The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote Windows host is a version prior to 20.005.30635 or 24.002.20759. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30574, 24.002.20736 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-2024-30284, CVE-2024-34094, CVE-2024-34095, CVE-2024-34096, CVE-2024-34097, CVE-2024-34100)

  - Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30574, 24.002.20736 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-2024-30279, CVE-2024-30310)

  - Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30574, 24.002.20736 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-2024-30280)

  - Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30574, 24.002.20736 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-2024-34098)

  - Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30574, 24.002.20736 and earlier are affected by an Improper Access Control     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-2024-34099)

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 < 20.005.30635 / 24.002.20759 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB24-29)

high Nessus Plugin ID 197027

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.4 Aug 16, 2024, 1:19 PM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202408161319
Version 1.3 May 22, 2024, 5:58 PM CVE (set "CVE" coverage to "CVE-2024-30279,CVE-2024-30280,CVE-2024-30284,CVE-2024-30310,CVE-2024-30311,CVE-2024-30312,CVE-2024-34094,CVE-2024-34095,CVE-2024-34096,CVE-2024-34097,CVE-2024-34098,CVE-2024-34099,CVE-2024-34100,CVE-2024-34101") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202405221758
Version 1.2 May 17, 2024, 10:54 AM IAVM reference STIG Severity (set to "I") Plugin Feed: 202405171054
Version 1.1 May 16, 2024, 8:03 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 7.2) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") Plugin Feed: 202405160803
Version 1.0 May 15, 2024, 1:17 AM New Plugin Feed: 202405150117