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CVE-2022-34238

Acrobat Reader versions 22.001.20142 (and earlier), 20.005.30334 (and earlier) and 20.005.30334 (and earlier) are affect

Acrobat Reader versions 22.001.20142 (and earlier), 20.005.30334 (and earlier) and 20.005.30334 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00023
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules15 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

10
adobe acrobat dc>= 15.008.20082 and <= 22.001.20142
adobe acrobat reader dc>= 15.008.20082 and <= 22.001.20142
adobe acrobat>= 20.001.30005 and <= 20.005.30334
adobe acrobat reader>= 20.001.30005 and <= 20.005.30334
adobe acrobat>= 20.001.30005 and <= 20.005.30331
adobe acrobat reader>= 20.001.30005 and <= 20.005.30331
adobe acrobat>= 17.011.30059 and <= 17.012.30229
adobe acrobat reader>= 17.011.30059 and <= 17.012.30229

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

Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · 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 NVD11 Sep 2023 · 02:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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adobe-psirtAPSB22-32
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