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CVE-2017-16406

An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier ver

An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, and 11.0.22 and earlier versions. This vulnerability is an instance of a type confusion vulnerability in the EMF processing module. The issue causes the program to access an object using an incompatible type, leading to an out of bounds memory access.

Attackers can exploit the vulnerability by using the out of bounds access for unintended reads, writes, or frees -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or information leak attack.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.08675
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  • EPSS percentile: top 7% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read
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Affected Products & Versions

8
adobe acrobat<= 11.0.22
adobe acrobat>= 17.0 and <= 17.011.30066
adobe acrobat dc>= - and <= 17.012.20098
adobe acrobat dc>= 15.0 and <= 15.006.30355
adobe acrobat reader<= 11.0.22
adobe acrobat reader>= 17.0 and <= 17.011.30066
adobe acrobat reader dc>= - and <= 17.012.20098
adobe acrobat reader dc>= 15.0 and <= 15.006.30355
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · psirt@adobe.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD09 Dec 2017 · 06:29 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

1
adobe-psirtAPSB17-36
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101815Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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