Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-4971 - Use After Free vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and 2015.006.30417 and earlier have a Use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_READER_APSB18-09.NASL description The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote Windows host is a version prior or equal to 2015.006.30417, 2017.011.30079, or 2018.011.20038. 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 109896 published 2018-05-17 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/109896 title Adobe Reader <= 2015.006.30417 / 2017.011.30079 / 2018.011.20038 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-09) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(109896); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/04/08 10:48:58"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2018-4947", "CVE-2018-4948", "CVE-2018-4949", "CVE-2018-4950", "CVE-2018-4951", "CVE-2018-4952", "CVE-2018-4953", "CVE-2018-4954", "CVE-2018-4955", "CVE-2018-4956", "CVE-2018-4957", "CVE-2018-4958", "CVE-2018-4959", "CVE-2018-4960", "CVE-2018-4961", "CVE-2018-4962", "CVE-2018-4963", "CVE-2018-4964", "CVE-2018-4965", "CVE-2018-4966", "CVE-2018-4967", "CVE-2018-4968", "CVE-2018-4969", "CVE-2018-4970", "CVE-2018-4971", "CVE-2018-4972", "CVE-2018-4973", "CVE-2018-4974", "CVE-2018-4975", "CVE-2018-4976", "CVE-2018-4977", "CVE-2018-4978", "CVE-2018-4979", "CVE-2018-4980", "CVE-2018-4981", "CVE-2018-4982", "CVE-2018-4983", "CVE-2018-4984", "CVE-2018-4985", "CVE-2018-4986", "CVE-2018-4987", "CVE-2018-4988", "CVE-2018-4989", "CVE-2018-4990", "CVE-2018-4993", "CVE-2018-4995", "CVE-2018-4996", "CVE-2018-12812", "CVE-2018-12815" ); script_bugtraq_id( 104102, 104167, 104168, 104169, 104171, 104172, 104173, 104174, 104175, 104176, 104177 ); script_name(english:"Adobe Reader <= 2015.006.30417 / 2017.011.30079 / 2018.011.20038 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-09)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Adobe Reader."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote Windows host is a version prior or equal to 2015.006.30417, 2017.011.30079, or 2018.011.20038. 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It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. 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