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HistoryFeb 24, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC PDF Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2018-02-2400:00:00
Jaanus KpClarified Security
www.zerodayinitiative.com
20

EPSS

0.012

Percentile

85.5%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Acrobat Reader 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 PDF documents. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.