PT-2018-16738 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2018-07-10 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-5040

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 A heap overflow issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. This could lead to arbitrary 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

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5040

ZDI-18-656

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 6

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-656 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5040 · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-21.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5040 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5040 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041250 · Note