The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote macOS host is a version prior to 15.006.30198 or 15.017.20050. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC     Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows     and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability     than CVE-2016-4255. (CVE-2016-6938)

  - Integer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before     15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allows     attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2016-4210)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC     Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows     and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2016-4255)

  - Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC     Classic before 15.006.30198, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows     and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2016-4209)

  - Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.17, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30198, and     Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.017.20050 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to bypass     JavaScript API execution restrictions via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2016-4215)

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 < 15.006.30198 / 15.017.20050 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-26) (macOS)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 209500

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.3 Nov 20, 2024, 8:07 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411202007
Version 1.2 Oct 22, 2024, 8:01 AM Exploit attributes ("Exploited by malware" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202410220801