Advisory Details

July 12th, 2016

Adobe Reader DC apply-templates XSLT Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-4197
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Acrobat Reader DC
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Reader DC. 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 XPath expressions. A PDF document with a specific apply-templates element and an XPath expression can force Adobe Reader DC to write values past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary 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/acrobat/apsb16-26.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2016-04-28 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-07-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	AbdulAziz Hariri - Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

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