Advisory Details

August 12th, 2020

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC removeFeed Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

ZDI-20-987
ZDI-CAN-11150

CVE ID CVE-2020-9706
CVSS SCORE 3.3, AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Acrobat Pro DC
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected 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 handling of the removeFeed method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated object. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities 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/apsb20-48.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2020-05-28 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2020-08-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Abdul-Aziz Hariri of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
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