PT-2019-5166 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Zhiniang Peng · Published 2019-10-15 · Updated 2021-09-08 · CVE-2019-8162

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description The issue is caused by a race condition vulnerability due to synchronization errors when using a shared resource. This could lead to arbitrary code execution if successfully exploited. The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker.

Recommendations For versions 2019.012.20040 and earlier, update to a version later than 2019.012.20040 to resolve the issue. For versions 2017.011.30148 and earlier, update to a version later than 2017.011.30148 to resolve the issue. For versions 2015.006.30503 and earlier, update to a version later than 2015.006.30503 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01837

CVE-2019-8162

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 5

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb19-49.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8162 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01837 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8162 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8162 · Note