Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Exploit

vendor:

Acrobat Reader DC

by:

Francis Provencher of COSIG

8,8

CVSS

HIGH

Memory Corruption

119

CWE

Product Name: Acrobat Reader DC

Affected Version From: 15.008.20082.15957

Affected Version To: 15.008.20082.15957

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: CVE-2015-7622

CPE: a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc

Metasploit: https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/adobe-reader-apsb15-24-CVE-2015-6685/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/adobe-reader-apsb15-24-CVE-2015-6686/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/adobe-reader-apsb15-24-CVE-2015-6693/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/adobe-reader-apsb15-24-CVE-2015-6694/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/adobe-reader-apsb15-24-CVE-2015-6695/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/adobe-reader-apsb15-24-CVE-2015-7622/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/adobe-reader-apsb15-24-CVE-2015-7650/

Other Scripts: N/A

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CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows

2015

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Exploit

An error in the the PDF parser, could lead to a memory corruption when processing a crafted PDF with an invalid image. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrar y code.

Mitigation:

Adobe released a patch (APSB15-24) to address this vulnerability.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

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Application:   Acrobat Reader DC

Platforms:   Windows

Versions:   15.008.20082.15957

CVE:   CVE-2015-7622

Author:   Francis Provencher of COSIG

Twitter:   @COSIG_

 

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1) Introduction
2) Report Timeline
3) Technical details
4) POC

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1) Introduction
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Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software and Web services developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF).[14]

The family comprises Acrobat Reader (formerly Adobe Reader), Acrobat (formerly Acrobat Exchange) and Acrobat.com. Thefreeware Acrobat Reader, available for several desktop and mobile platforms, can view, print and annotate PDF files.[15] Thecommercial proprietary Acrobat, available for Microsoft Windows and OS X only, can also create, edit, convert, digitally sign, encrypt, export and publish PDF files. Acrobat.com complements the family with a variety of enterprise content managementand file hosting services.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Acrobat)

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2) Report Timeline
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2015-08-09: Francis Provencher of COSIG found the issue;
2015-08-11: Francis Provencher of COSIG report vulnerability to PSIRT;
2015-10-13: Adobe release a patch (APSB15-24)

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3) Technical details
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An error in the the PDF parser, could lead to a memory corruption when processing a crafted PDF with an invalid image.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrary code, but requires tricking a user into opening or previewing a malicious file.

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4) POC

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http://protekresearchlab.com/exploits/COSIG-2015-001.pdf
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/38787.zip

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