PT-2016-1981 · Adobe · Acrobat+3

Abdulaziz Hariri · Published 2016-05-05 · Updated 2016-12-01 · CVE-2016-1062

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in Adobe PDF viewer and editor software, allowing a remote attacker to bypass JavaScript API execution restrictions. This can potentially lead to remote code execution.

Recommendations For Adobe Reader, update to a version that addresses the access control issue. For Adobe Reader Document Cloud, update to a version that addresses the access control issue. For Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, update to a version that addresses the access control issue. For Adobe Acrobat, update to a version that addresses the access control issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling JavaScript API execution in Adobe Acrobat and Reader until a patch is available.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01314

CVE-2016-1062

ZDI-16-310

Affected Products

Acrobat

Acrobat Document Cloud

Reader

Reader Document Cloud

References · 9

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-310 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01314 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1062 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-14.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1062 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035828 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/90517 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-310 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1062 · Note