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Adobe Acrobat < 20.005.30748 / 24.001.30225 / 24.005.20320 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB24-92) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 212263

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 20.005.30748, 24.001.30225, or 24.005.20320. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

 - Acrobat Reader versions 24.005.20307, 24.001.30213, 24.001.30193, 20.005.30730, 20.005.30710 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2024-49530)

 - Acrobat Reader versions 24.005.20307, 24.001.30213, 24.001.30193, 20.005.30730, 20.005.30710 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability allows an attacker to provide malicious XML input containing a reference to an external entity, leading to data disclosure or potentially code execution.
 Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must process a malicious XML document. (CVE-2024-49535)

 - Acrobat Reader versions 24.005.20307, 24.001.30213, 24.001.30193, 20.005.30730, 20.005.30710 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of- service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of- service condition. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2024-49531)

 - Acrobat Reader versions 24.005.20307, 24.001.30213, 24.001.30193, 20.005.30730, 20.005.30710 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2024-49532, CVE-2024-49533, CVE-2024-49534)

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 20.005.30748 / 24.001.30225 / 24.005.20320 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb24-92.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 212263

File Name: macos_adobe_acrobat_apsb24-92.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/10/2024

Updated: 12/10/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-49530

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-49530, CVE-2024-49531, CVE-2024-49532, CVE-2024-49533, CVE-2024-49534, CVE-2024-49535

CWE: 125, 416, 476, 611