PT-2018-16710 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2018-07-10 · Updated 2019-08-21 · CVE-2018-5012

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 2018.011.20040 and earlier Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.011.30080 and earlier Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2015.006.30418 and earlier

Description The issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary code due to an untrusted pointer dereference. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. This is related to the EMF parsing uninitialized pointer remote code execution.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20040 and earlier, update to a version later than 2018.011.20040 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2017.011.30080 and earlier, update to a version later than 2017.011.30080 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2015.006.30418 and earlier, update to a version later than 2015.006.30418 to resolve the issue.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5012

ZDI-18-618

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 7

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-618 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-21.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5012 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5012 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5012 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104701 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041250 · Note