PT-2018-16698 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2018-02-13 · Updated 2018-08-29 · CVE-2018-4999

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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 The issue is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute code remotely.

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

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-4999

ZDI-18-531

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4999 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-02.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-4999 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-531 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-4999 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104266 · Note