PT-2019-5296 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2019-10-15 · Updated 2021-09-08 · CVE-2019-8217

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 related to a use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. This vulnerability could allow successful exploitation to lead to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability is associated with the use of memory after it has been freed, 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

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-02231

CVE-2019-8217

ZDI-19-896

Affected Products

Acrobat

Reader

References · 6

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb19-49.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02231 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-896 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8217 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8217 · Note