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 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 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 a Security Bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege     escalation. (CVE-2018-12802)

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