The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote macOS host is a version prior to 2015.006.30461, 2017.011.30110, or 2019.010.20064. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2019.008.20080 and earlier, 2019.008.20081     and earlier, 2017.011.30106 and earlier version, 2017.011.30105 and earlier version, 2015.006.30457 and     earlier, and 2015.006.30456 and earlier have a heap overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could     lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-12830, CVE-2018-16021, CVE-2018-19716)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2019.008.20080 and earlier, 2019.008.20081     and earlier, 2017.011.30106 and earlier version, 2017.011.30105 and earlier version, 2015.006.30457 and     earlier, and 2015.006.30456 and earlier have a use after free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could     lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-16008, CVE-2018-16014, CVE-2018-16025, CVE-2018-16026,     CVE-2018-16027, CVE-2018-16029, CVE-2018-16036, CVE-2018-16037, CVE-2018-16039, CVE-2018-16040,     CVE-2018-16046, CVE-2018-19698, CVE-2018-19700, CVE-2018-19707, CVE-2018-19708, CVE-2018-19713,     CVE-2018-19715)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2019.008.20080 and earlier, 2019.008.20081     and earlier, 2017.011.30106 and earlier version, 2017.011.30105 and earlier version, 2015.006.30457 and     earlier, and 2015.006.30456 and earlier have a buffer errors vulnerability. Successful exploitation could     lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-15987, CVE-2018-15998)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2019.008.20080 and earlier, 2019.008.20081     and earlier, 2017.011.30106 and earlier version, 2017.011.30105 and earlier version, 2015.006.30457 and     earlier, and 2015.006.30456 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful     exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-16004, CVE-2018-19720)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2019.008.20080 and earlier, 2019.008.20081     and earlier, 2017.011.30106 and earlier version, 2017.011.30105 and earlier version, 2015.006.30457 and     earlier, and 2015.006.30456 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation     could lead to privilege escalation. (CVE-2018-16044, CVE-2018-16045)

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 < 2015.006.30461 / 2017.011.30110 / 2019.010.20064 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-41) (macOS)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207086

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

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