Desktop Software

Memory Corruption

Adobe Reader Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Adobe…

5.5
/ 10
Medium
CVSS v3.0
ADVISORY ID
PS25
PUBLISHED
2022-10-01
CVE IDs
CVE-2018-15968
VENDORS
Adobe
PUBLIC EXPLOIT
None indexed
CWE
CWE-125
PRODUCT
Acrobat DC / Acrobat Reader DC / 2017 / 2015
CVSS VECTOR
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Summary

Overview

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Adobe Reader. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious PDF file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of malformed PDF file. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data which can result in a read past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of the current process.

Vulnerability details

Vulnerability details

CVE-2018-15968
CWE-125
Medium | 5.5

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Adobe Reader.

Auth:
None (local access, user interaction required)
Impact:
Sensitive data disclosure
DISCLOSURE

Disclosure timeline

2018-01-08 Reported to vendor

2018-10-01 Coordinated public release of advisory

Credits

Ashfaq Ansari – Project Srishti