Adobe Reader < 17.011.30207 / 20.004.30020 / 21.011.20039 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB22-01) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 156667

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Synopsis

The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote macOS host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote macOS host is a version prior to 17.011.30207, 20.004.30020, or 21.011.20039. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

- Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of Format event actions that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-44701, CVE-2021-44704, CVE-2021-44705, CVE-2021-44706, CVE-2021-44710, CVE-2021-45062, CVE-2021-45064)

- Acrobat Reader DC ActiveX Control versions 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by an Information Disclosure vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to obtain NTLMv2 credentials. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit an attacker controlled web page. (CVE-2021-44702)

- Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a stack buffer overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-44703)

- Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-44707, CVE-2021-45061, CVE-2021-45068)

- Acrobat Reader DC version 21.007.20099 (and earlier), 20.004.30017 (and earlier) and 17.011.30204 (and earlier) are affected by a heap overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-44708, CVE-2021-44709)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Reader version 17.011.30207 / 20.004.30020 / 21.011.20039 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 156667

File Name: macos_adobe_reader_apsb22-01.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 1/12/2022

Updated: 10/18/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45062

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45068

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Adobe Reader

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44701, CVE-2021-44702, CVE-2021-44703, CVE-2021-44704, CVE-2021-44705, CVE-2021-44706, CVE-2021-44707, CVE-2021-44708, CVE-2021-44709, CVE-2021-44710, CVE-2021-44711, CVE-2021-44712, CVE-2021-44713, CVE-2021-44714, CVE-2021-44715, CVE-2021-44739, CVE-2021-44740, CVE-2021-44741, CVE-2021-44742, CVE-2021-45060, CVE-2021-45061, CVE-2021-45062, CVE-2021-45063, CVE-2021-45064, CVE-2021-45067, CVE-2021-45068

CWE: 121, 122, 125, 190, 20, 284, 416, 476, 657, 787, 788, 824

IAVA: 2022-A-0013-S

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