Advisory Details

February 12th, 2019

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC HTML2PDF HTML Parsing Uninitialized Pointer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-19-203
ZDI-CAN-7366

CVE ID CVE-2019-7042
CVSS SCORE 7.8, AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Acrobat Pro DC
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Acrobat Pro 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 parsing of HTML documents within the HTML2PDF plugin. The issue results from the lack of proper initialization of a pointer prior to accessing it. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in 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/apsb19-07.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2018-10-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2019-02-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT T3rmin4t0r
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