PT-2018-16697 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2018-02-13 · Updated 2018-08-29 · CVE-2018-4998

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.009.20050 and earlier Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.011.30070 and earlier Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2015.006.30394 and earlier

Description A memory corruption issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. This could lead to successful exploitation resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.009.20050 and earlier, update to a version later than 2018.009.20050 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.011.30070 and earlier, update to a version later than 2017.011.30070 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2015.006.30394 and earlier, update to a version later than 2015.006.30394 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-4998

ZDI-18-530

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 6

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-530 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4998 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-4998 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104265 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-4998 · Note