The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote macOS host is a version prior to 2015.006.30434, 2017.011.30096, or 2018.011.20055. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30080 and earlier, and 2015.006.30418 and     earlier versions have a Double Free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code     execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-12782)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30080 and earlier, and 2015.006.30418 and     earlier versions have a Heap Overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code     execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-12785, CVE-2018-12788, CVE-2018-12798,     CVE-2018-5015, CVE-2018-5028, CVE-2018-5032, CVE-2018-5036, CVE-2018-5038, CVE-2018-5040, CVE-2018-5041,     CVE-2018-5045, CVE-2018-5052, CVE-2018-5058, CVE-2018-5067)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30080 and earlier, and 2015.006.30418 and     earlier versions have a Use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code     execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-12756, CVE-2018-12770, CVE-2018-12772,     CVE-2018-12773, CVE-2018-12776, CVE-2018-12783, CVE-2018-12791, CVE-2018-12792, CVE-2018-12796,     CVE-2018-12797, CVE-2018-5009, CVE-2018-5011, CVE-2018-5065)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30080 and earlier, and 2015.006.30418 and     earlier versions have an Out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to     arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-12754, CVE-2018-12755,     CVE-2018-12758, CVE-2018-12760, CVE-2018-12771, CVE-2018-12787, CVE-2018-5020, CVE-2018-5021,     CVE-2018-5042, CVE-2018-5059, CVE-2018-5064, CVE-2018-5069, CVE-2018-5070)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30080 and earlier, and 2015.006.30418 and     earlier versions have a Security Bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege     escalation. (CVE-2018-12802)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30080 and earlier, and 2015.006.30418 and     earlier versions have an Out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to     information disclosure. (CVE-2018-12757, CVE-2018-12761, CVE-2018-12762, CVE-2018-12763, CVE-2018-12764,     CVE-2018-12765, CVE-2018-12766, CVE-2018-12767, CVE-2018-12768, CVE-2018-12774, CVE-2018-12777,     CVE-2018-12779, CVE-2018-12780, CVE-2018-12781, CVE-2018-12786, CVE-2018-12789, CVE-2018-12790,     CVE-2018-12795, CVE-2018-12803, CVE-2018-5010, CVE-2018-5014, CVE-2018-5016, CVE-2018-5017, CVE-2018-5018,     CVE-2018-5019, CVE-2018-5022, CVE-2018-5023, CVE-2018-5024, CVE-2018-5025, CVE-2018-5026, CVE-2018-5027,     CVE-2018-5029, CVE-2018-5031, CVE-2018-5033, CVE-2018-5035, CVE-2018-5039, CVE-2018-5044, CVE-2018-5046,     CVE-2018-5047, CVE-2018-5048, CVE-2018-5049, CVE-2018-5050, CVE-2018-5051, CVE-2018-5053, CVE-2018-5054,     CVE-2018-5055, CVE-2018-5056, CVE-2018-5060, CVE-2018-5061, CVE-2018-5062, CVE-2018-5063, CVE-2018-5066,     CVE-2018-5068)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30080 and earlier, and 2015.006.30418 and     earlier versions have a Type Confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code     execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-12793, CVE-2018-12794, CVE-2018-5057)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30080 and earlier, and 2015.006.30418 and     earlier versions have an Untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead     to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-5012, CVE-2018-5030)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30080 and earlier, and 2015.006.30418 and     earlier versions have a Buffer Errors vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code     execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-12784, CVE-2018-5034, CVE-2018-5037,     CVE-2018-5043)

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 < 2015.006.30434 / 2017.011.30096 / 2018.011.20055 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-21) (macOS)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207077

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.4 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 1.3 Oct 4, 2024, 11:06 PM New Plugin Feed: 202410042306
Version 1.2 Sep 13, 2024, 10:17 AM Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202409131017