PT-2019-3634 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2019-10-15 · Updated 2021-09-08 · CVE-2019-8172

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 2019.012.20040 Adobe Reader versions prior to 2019.012.20040 Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 2017.011.30148 Adobe Reader versions prior to 2017.011.30148 Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 2015.006.30503 Adobe Reader versions prior to 2015.006.30503

Description The issue is caused by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information. This can occur when a user opens a malicious PDF file, allowing an attacker to potentially disclose sensitive information.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 2019.012.20040, update to version 2019.012.20040 or later. For Adobe Reader versions prior to 2019.012.20040, update to version 2019.012.20040 or later. For Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 2017.011.30148, update to version 2017.011.30148 or later. For Adobe Reader versions prior to 2017.011.30148, update to version 2017.011.30148 or later. For Adobe Acrobat versions prior to 2015.006.30503, update to version 2015.006.30503 or later. For Adobe Reader versions prior to 2015.006.30503, update to version 2015.006.30503 or later.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03849

CVE-2019-8172

ZDI-19-872

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 6

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb19-49.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8172 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-872 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03849 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8172 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8172 · Note