PT-2023-4639 · Adobe · Acrobat+1

Published 2023-08-08 · Updated 2023-08-15 · CVE-2023-38224

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 and earlier Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30467 and earlier Adobe Acrobat 2020 Adobe Acrobat Reader 2020

Description The issue is related to a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction, where a victim must open a malicious file. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 and earlier, update to a version later than 23.003.20244 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 20.005.30467 and earlier, update to a version later than 20.005.30467 to resolve the issue. For Adobe Acrobat 2020 and Adobe Acrobat Reader 2020, consider disabling the annotation feature as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability for some of the affected products.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-05046

CVE-2023-38224

ZDI-23-1076

Affected Products

Acrobat

Acrobat Reader

References · 8

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1076 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05046 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38224 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1689684427104821339 · Twitter Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38224 · Note
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1689879430649487362 · Twitter Post