Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-12799 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat DC
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20055 and earlier, 2017.011.30096 and earlier, and 2015.006.30434 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_ADOBE_ACROBAT_APSB18-29.NASL description The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is a version prior or equal to 15.006.30434, 17.011.30096, or 18.011.20055. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 111791 published 2018-08-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111791 title Adobe Acrobat <= 15.006.30434 / 17.011.30096 / 18.011.20055 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-29) (macOS) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(111791); script_version("1.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12799", "CVE-2018-12808"); script_bugtraq_id(105069); script_name(english:"Adobe Acrobat <= 15.006.30434 / 17.011.30096 / 18.011.20055 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-29) (macOS)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Adobe Acrobat."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is a version prior or equal to 15.006.30434, 17.011.30096, or 18.011.20055. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-29.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to Adobe Acrobat 15.006.30448 / 17.011.30099 / 18.011.20058 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-12808"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/08/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/08/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/08/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("macosx_adobe_acrobat_installed.nbin"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MacOSX/Version", "installed_sw/Adobe Acrobat"); exit(0); } include("vcf.inc"); include("vcf_extras.inc"); get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/local_checks_enabled"); os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version"); if (empty_or_null(os)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X"); app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:"Adobe Acrobat"); constraints = [ { "min_version" : "15.6", "max_version":"15.006.30434", "fixed_version" : "15.006.30448" }, { "min_version" : "17.8", "max_version":"17.011.30096", "fixed_version" : "17.011.30099" }, { "min_version" : "18.8", "max_version":"18.011.20055", "fixed_version" : "18.011.20058" } ]; vcf::adobe_reader::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, max_segs:3);
NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_ACROBAT_APSB18-29.NASL description The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote Windows host is a version prior or equal to 15.006.30434, 17.011.30096, or 18.011.20055. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 111793 published 2018-08-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111793 title Adobe Acrobat <= 15.006.30434 / 17.011.30096 / 18.011.20055 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-29) NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_ADOBE_READER_APSB18-29.NASL description The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is a version prior or equal to 15.006.30434, 17.011.30096, or 18.011.20055. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 111792 published 2018-08-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111792 title Adobe Reader <= 15.006.30434 / 17.011.30096 / 18.011.20055 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-29) (macOS) NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_READER_APSB18-29.NASL description The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote Windows host is a version prior or equal to 2015.006.30434, 2017.011.30096, or 2018.011.20055. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 111794 published 2018-08-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111794 title Adobe Reader <= 2015.006.30434 / 2017.011.30096 / 2018.011.20055 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-29)
The Hacker News
id | THN:4407876A97CA701AC38DE6F15966302C |
last seen | 2018-08-14 |
modified | 2018-08-14 |
published | 2018-08-14 |
reporter | The Hacker News |
source | https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/adobe-patch-updates.html |
title | Adobe releases important security patches for its 4 popular software |