PT-2016-1938 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Matthias Kaiser · Published 2016-05-05 · Updated 2016-12-01 · CVE-2016-1041

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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 related to insufficient access control in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, allowing a remote attacker to bypass restrictions on JavaScript API execution. This can be achieved through the ANAuthenticateResource Javascript API, which has restrictions that can be bypassed.

Recommendations For Adobe Reader, update to a version that addresses the access control issue, although the specific version is not provided. For Adobe Acrobat, consider disabling the ANAuthenticateResource Javascript API as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01271

CVE-2016-1041

ZDI-16-288

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 9

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01271 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-288 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-14.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1041 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1041 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1041 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035828 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/90517 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-288 · Note