PT-2016-2871 · Adobe · Acrobat+3

Published 2016-10-06 · Updated 2017-07-30 · CVE-2016-6949

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in memory usage. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Adobe Reader and Adobe Reader Document Cloud, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02302

CVE-2016-6949

Affected Products

Acrobat

Acrobat Document Cloud

Reader

Reader Document Cloud

References · 8

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-33.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6949 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6949 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02302 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6949 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93491 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036986 · Note
• https://verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1230 · Note