Advisory Details

May 15th, 2019

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC PostScript File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-19-497
ZDI-CAN-8203

CVE ID CVE-2019-7798
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 charstring definitions in PostScript files. Crafted data in an PostScript file can trigger a read past the end of an allocated data structure. 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/apsb19-18.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2019-03-08 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2019-05-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Steven Seeley (mr_me) of Source Incite
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