PT-2017-15668 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2017-08-08 · Updated 2019-08-21 · CVE-2017-3120

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 use-after-free vulnerability in the XFA parsing engine when handling certain types of internal instructions. This could lead to arbitrary code execution if successfully exploited. A use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader allows attackers to execute code remotely.

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

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-3120

ZDI-17-571

Affected Products

Acrobat

Acrobat Reader

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3120 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-571 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-24.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100182 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039098 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-3120 · Note