Advisory Details

July 14th, 2015

Adobe Acrobat Pro Reports Save Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-5115
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Acrobat Pro
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['19348']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Acrobat Pro. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the Report object. Attempting to save specially crafted reports can force Adobe Acrobat Pro to read memory past the end of an allocated object. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb15-15.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-01-20 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-07-14 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	AbdulAziz Hariri - HP Zero Day Initiative

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