PT-2018-16687 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2018-05-14 · Updated 2019-08-21 · CVE-2018-4987

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 Acrobat and Reader versions 2015.006.30417 and earlier Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.011.30079 and earlier Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier

Description The issue is related to an untrusted pointer dereference, which could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2015.006.30417 and earlier, update to a version later than 2015.006.30417. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.011.30079 and earlier, update to a version later than 2017.011.30079. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, update to a version later than 2018.011.20038.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-4987

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4987 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-09.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-4987 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040920 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-4987 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104173 · Note