Adobe Acrobat < 20.005.30514.10514 / 23.003.20269 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB23-30) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179485

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 20.005.30514.10514 or 23.003.20269. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

- Improper Access Control (CWE-284) potentially leading to Security feature bypass (CVE-2023-29320)

- Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) potentially leading to Application denial-of-service (CVE-2023-29299)

- Use After Free (CWE-416) potentially leading to Memory leak (CVE-2023-29303, CVE-2023-38238, CVE-2023-38243)

- Use After Free (CWE-416) potentially leading to Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-38222, CVE-2023-38224, CVE-2023-38225, CVE-2023-38227, CVE-2023-38228)

- Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824) potentially leading to Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-38223, CVE-2023-38226, CVE-2023-38234, CVE-2023-38246)

- Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) potentially leading to Memory Leak (CVE-2023-38229, CVE-2023-38232, CVE-2023-38235)

- Use After Free (CWE-416) potentially leading to Memory Leak (CVE-2023-38230)

- Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) potentially leading to Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-38231, CVE-2023-38233)

- Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) potentially leading to Memory leak (CVE-2023-38236, CVE-2023-38237, CVE-2023-38239, CVE-2023-38240, CVE-2023-38241, CVE-2023-38242, CVE-2023-38244, CVE-2023-38247, CVE-2023-38248)

- Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) potentially leading to Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2023-38245)

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 20.005.30514.10514 / 23.003.20269 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179485

File Name: macos_adobe_acrobat_apsb23-30.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/8/2023

Updated: 10/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38246

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29299, CVE-2023-29303, CVE-2023-29320, CVE-2023-38222, CVE-2023-38223, CVE-2023-38224, CVE-2023-38225, CVE-2023-38226, CVE-2023-38227, CVE-2023-38228, CVE-2023-38229, CVE-2023-38230, CVE-2023-38231, CVE-2023-38232, CVE-2023-38233, CVE-2023-38234, CVE-2023-38235, CVE-2023-38236, CVE-2023-38237, CVE-2023-38238, CVE-2023-38239, CVE-2023-38240, CVE-2023-38241, CVE-2023-38242, CVE-2023-38243, CVE-2023-38244, CVE-2023-38245, CVE-2023-38246, CVE-2023-38247, CVE-2023-38248

CWE: 125, 20, 284, 416, 787, 824

IAVA: 2023-A-0413-S