PT-2015-2371 · Adobe · Reader Document Cloud+3

Abdulaziz Hariri + 1 · Published 2015-10-13 · Updated 2021-09-08 · CVE-2015-6703

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud versions (affected versions not specified) Adobe Reader and Adobe Reader Document Cloud versions (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the loadFlashMovie function in Adobe's PDF editing and viewing software, which has inadequate access control mechanisms. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to access protected information in the process memory by providing invalid arguments. A memory-leak issue in Adobe Acrobat and Reader allows attackers to affect the system.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, update to a version that addresses the loadFlashMovie function issue. For Adobe Reader and Adobe Reader Document Cloud, update to a version that addresses the loadFlashMovie function issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the loadFlashMovie function until a patch is available.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11736

CVE-2015-6703

ZDI-15-481

Affected Products

Acrobat

Acrobat Document Cloud

Reader

Reader Document Cloud

References · 7

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-481 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11736 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb15-24.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6703 · Security Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-481 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033796 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6703 · Note