Adobe Acrobat < 20.005.30436 / 22.003.20310 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB23-01) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169879

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Adobe Acrobat installed on the remote macOS host is a version prior to 20.005.30436 or 22.003.20310. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

- Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound 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-2023-21579)

- Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2023-21581, CVE-2023-21585, CVE-2023-21613, CVE-2023-21614)

- Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow 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-2023-21604, CVE-2023-21610)

- Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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-2023-21605)

- Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (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-2023-21606, CVE-2023-21609, CVE-2023-22240, CVE-2023-22241, CVE-2023-22242)

- Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Input Validation 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-2023-21607)

- Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Use After Free 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-2023-21608)

- Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2023-21611, CVE-2023-21612)

- NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) potentially leading to Application denial-of-service (CVE-2023-21586)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Acrobat version 20.005.30436 / 22.003.20310 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-01.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169879

File Name: macos_adobe_acrobat_apsb23-01.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 1/11/2023

Updated: 10/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22242

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-21579, CVE-2023-21581, CVE-2023-21585, CVE-2023-21586, CVE-2023-21604, CVE-2023-21605, CVE-2023-21606, CVE-2023-21607, CVE-2023-21608, CVE-2023-21609, CVE-2023-21610, CVE-2023-21611, CVE-2023-21612, CVE-2023-21613, CVE-2023-21614, CVE-2023-22240, CVE-2023-22241, CVE-2023-22242

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

IAVA: 2023-A-0019-S