Advisory Details

July 29th, 2015

(Pwn2Own) Adobe Reader makeMeasurement Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-5107
CVSS SCORE	4.3, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Reader
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	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 file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of arguments passed to the makeMeasurement method. A specially crafted argument to makeMeasurement will leave objects in an inconsistent state. This data can later be retrieved via a call to dumpMeasureData. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information about 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	2015-03-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-07-29 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Nicolas Joly

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