PT-2022-18596 · Adobe · Acrobat Reader

Published 2022-04-12 · Updated 2022-05-18 · CVE-2022-27800

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 Acrobat Reader DC versions 22.001.20085 and earlier Acrobat Reader DC versions 20.005.3031x and earlier Acrobat Reader DC versions 17.012.30205 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of annotations, which could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction, where a victim must open a malicious file. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions 22.001.20085 and earlier, update to a version later than 22.001.20085 to resolve the issue. For versions 20.005.3031x and earlier, update to a version later than 20.005.3031x to resolve the issue. For versions 17.012.30205 and earlier, update to a version later than 17.012.30205 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of annotations in Acrobat Reader DC until a patch is available.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-27800

ZDI-22-686

Affected Products

Acrobat Reader

References · 5

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-686 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-27800 · Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27800 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-27800 · Note