PT-2019-5168 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2019-10-15 · Updated 2021-09-08 · CVE-2019-8161

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

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

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 related to a type confusion vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability is associated with deficiencies in data type conversion, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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

Type Confusion

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-843

CWE-704

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01839

CVE-2019-8161

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-2019-8161 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8161 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01839 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8161 · Note