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CVE-2018-4917

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.009.20050 and earlier, 2017.011.30070 and earlier, 2015.006.30394 and earlier hav

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.009.20050 and earlier, 2017.011.30070 and earlier, 2015.006.30394 and earlier have an exploitable heap overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.14273
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules15 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
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Affected Products & Versions

6
adobe acrobat 2017>= 17.011.30070 and < 17.011.30078
adobe acrobat dc>= 15.006.30394 and < 15.006.30413
adobe acrobat dc>= 18.009.20050 and < 18.011.20035
adobe acrobat reader 2017>= 17.011.30070 and < 17.011.30078
adobe acrobat reader dc>= 15.006.30394 and < 15.006.30413
adobe acrobat reader dc>= 18.009.20050 and < 18.011.20035
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Sigma Hunt Rules

15
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Microsoft Office Child Process - MacOS
producthighRemote Access Tool - Renamed MeshAgent Execution - MacOS
producthighBinary Padding - MacOS
productmediumSuspicious Execution via macOS Script Editor
productmediumSystem Information Discovery Via Sysctl - MacOS
productmediumNew File Exclusion Added To Time Machine Via Tmutil - MacOS
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · 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 NVD19 May 2018 · 05:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

1
adobe-psirtAPSB18-02
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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/102992Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040364Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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