PT-2016-1036 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Brian Gorenc · Published 2016-01-07 · Updated 2016-12-07 · CVE-2016-0931

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow and a use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by using a specially crafted FileAttachment note.

Recommendations For Adobe Reader, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. For Adobe Acrobat, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the FileAttachment feature in Adobe Reader and Acrobat until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00102

CVE-2016-0931

ZDI-16-009

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 8

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-02.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-009 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0931 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00102 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0931 · Vendor Advisory
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-009 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0931 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034646 · Note