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Adobe Acrobat < 2015.006.30418 / 2017.011.30080 / 2018.011.20040 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-09) (macOS)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207085

Synopsis

The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote macOS host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote macOS host is a version prior to 2015.006.30418, 2017.011.30080, or 2018.011.20040. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have a Double Free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-4990)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have a Heap Overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-4947, CVE-2018-4948, CVE-2018-4966, CVE-2018-4968, CVE-2018-4978, CVE-2018-4982, CVE-2018-4984)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have a Use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-4952, CVE-2018-4954, CVE-2018-4958, CVE-2018-4959, CVE-2018-4961, CVE-2018-4971, CVE-2018-4974, CVE-2018-4977, CVE-2018-4980, CVE-2018-4983, CVE-2018-4988, CVE-2018-4989, CVE-2018-4996)

 - 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-2018-12815)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have an Out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-4950)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have a Security Bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2018-4979)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have an Out-of-bounds read vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2018-4949, CVE-2018-4951, CVE-2018-4955, CVE-2018-4956, CVE-2018-4957, CVE-2018-4960, CVE-2018-4962, CVE-2018-4963, CVE-2018-4964, CVE-2018-4967, CVE-2018-4969, CVE-2018-4970, CVE-2018-4972, CVE-2018-4973, CVE-2018-4975, CVE-2018-4976, CVE-2018-4981, CVE-2018-4985, CVE-2018-4986)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have a Type Confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-4953)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier versions have a Type Confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-12812)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have an Untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-4987)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have a Memory Corruption vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2018-4965)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have an NTLM SSO hash theft vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2018-4993)

 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have an XFA '\n' POST injection vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to a security bypass. (CVE-2018-4995)

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 2015.006.30418 / 2017.011.30080 / 2018.011.20040 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-09.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 207085

File Name: macos_adobe_acrobat_apsb18-09.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/12/2024

Updated: 10/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-4996

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Adobe Acrobat

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2018

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/22/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12812, CVE-2018-12815, CVE-2018-4947, CVE-2018-4948, CVE-2018-4949, CVE-2018-4950, CVE-2018-4951, CVE-2018-4952, CVE-2018-4953, CVE-2018-4954, CVE-2018-4955, CVE-2018-4956, CVE-2018-4957, CVE-2018-4958, CVE-2018-4959, CVE-2018-4960, CVE-2018-4961, CVE-2018-4962, CVE-2018-4963, CVE-2018-4964, CVE-2018-4965, CVE-2018-4966, CVE-2018-4967, CVE-2018-4968, CVE-2018-4969, CVE-2018-4970, CVE-2018-4971, CVE-2018-4972, CVE-2018-4973, CVE-2018-4974, CVE-2018-4975, CVE-2018-4976, CVE-2018-4977, CVE-2018-4978, CVE-2018-4979, CVE-2018-4980, CVE-2018-4981, CVE-2018-4982, CVE-2018-4983, CVE-2018-4984, CVE-2018-4985, CVE-2018-4986, CVE-2018-4987, CVE-2018-4988, CVE-2018-4989, CVE-2018-4990, CVE-2018-4993, CVE-2018-4995, CVE-2018-4996