PT-2017-11827 · Adobe · Acrobat Reader

Published 2017-08-08 · Updated 2019-03-14 · CVE-2017-11221

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 2017.009.20058 and earlier Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 2017.008.30051 and earlier Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 2015.006.30306 and earlier Adobe Acrobat Reader version 11.0.20 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a type confusion vulnerability in the annotation functionality, which could lead to arbitrary code execution if successfully exploited. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute code remotely.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 2017.009.20058 and earlier, update to a version later than 2017.009.20058 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 2017.008.30051 and earlier, update to a version later than 2017.008.30051 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 2015.006.30306 and earlier, update to a version later than 2015.006.30306 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat Reader version 11.0.20 and earlier, update to a version later than 11.0.20 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-704

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-11221

Affected Products

Acrobat Reader

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11221 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-24.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11221 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100181 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11221 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039098 · Note