CVE-2015-7622
Description
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.16 and 11.x before 11.0.13, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 2015.006.30094, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 2015.009.20069 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6685, CVE-2015-6686, CVE-2015-6693, CVE-2015-6694, and CVE-2015-6695.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Acrobat Reader DC 15.008.20082.15957 - '.PDF' Parsing Memory Corruption
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Application: Acrobat Reader DC
Platforms: Windows
Versions: 15.008.20082.15957
CVE: CVE-2015-7622
Author: Francis Provencher of COSIG
Twitter: @COSIG_
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1) Introduction
2) Report Timeline
3) Technical details
4) POC
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1) Introduction
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Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software and Web services developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF).[14]
The family comprises Acrobat Reader (formerly Adobe Reader), Acrobat (formerly Acrobat Exchange) and Acrobat.com. Thefreeware Acrobat Reader, available for several desktop and mobile platforms, can view, print and annotate PDF files.[15] Thecommercial proprietary Acrobat, available for Microsoft Windows and OS X only, can also create, edit, convert, digitally sign, encrypt, export and publish PDF files. Acrobat.com complements the family with a variety of enterprise content managementand file hosting services.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Acrobat)
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2) Report Timeline
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2015-08-09: Francis Provencher of COSIG found the issue;
2015-08-11: Francis Provencher of COSIG report vulnerability to PSIRT;
2015-10-13: Adobe release a patch (APSB15-24)
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3) Technical details
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An error in the the PDF parser, could lead to a memory corruption when processing a crafted PDF with an invalid image.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrary code, but requires tricking a user into opening or previewing a malicious file.
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4) POC
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http://protekresearchlab.com/exploits/COSIG-2015-001.pdf
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/38787.zip
###############################################################################OS impact
macOS Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
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| - | Not affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | acrobat | {"startIncluding":"10.0","endIncluding":"10.1.15"} | |
| adobe | acrobat_dc | {"startIncluding":"15.006.30060","endExcluding":"15.006.30094"} | 15.006.30094 |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | {"startIncluding":"10.0","endIncluding":"10.1.15"} | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader_dc | {"startIncluding":"15.006.30060","endExcluding":"15.006.30094"} | 15.006.30094 |
References
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.