CVE-2016-1077

critical

Published 2016-05-11 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

9.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.16, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30172, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.016.20039 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-2016-1037, CVE-2016-1063, CVE-2016-1064, CVE-2016-1071, CVE-2016-1072, CVE-2016-1073, CVE-2016-1074, CVE-2016-1076, CVE-2016-1078, CVE-2016-1080, CVE-2016-1081, CVE-2016-1082, CVE-2016-1083, CVE-2016-1084, CVE-2016-1085, CVE-2016-1086, CVE-2016-1088, CVE-2016-1093, CVE-2016-1095, CVE-2016-1116, CVE-2016-1118, CVE-2016-1119, CVE-2016-1120, CVE-2016-1123, CVE-2016-1124, CVE-2016-1125, CVE-2016-1126, CVE-2016-1127, CVE-2016-1128, CVE-2016-1129, CVE-2016-1130, CVE-2016-4088, CVE-2016-4089, CVE-2016-4090, CVE-2016-4093, CVE-2016-4094, CVE-2016-4096, CVE-2016-4097, CVE-2016-4098, CVE-2016-4099, CVE-2016-4100, CVE-2016-4101, CVE-2016-4103, CVE-2016-4104, and CVE-2016-4105.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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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

EDB-39799 dos multiple verified text · 2 KB

Pier-Luc Maltais · 2016-05-10

Adobe Reader DC 15.010.20060 - Memory Corruption

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

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# Title: Adobe Reader DC <= 15.010.20060 - Memory corruption
# Application: Adobe Reader DC
# Version: 15.010.20060 and earlier versions
# Platform: Windows and Macintosh
# Software Link: https://acrobat.adobe.com/ca/fr/acrobat/pdf-reader.html
# Date: May 10, 2016
# CVE: CVE-2016-1077
# Author: Pier-Luc Maltais from COSIG
# Contact: https://twitter.com/COSIG_
# Personal contact: https://twitter.com/plmaltais
  
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Introduction:
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 More powerful than other PDF software, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is the free, trusted 
 standard for viewing, printing and annotating PDFs. And now, it’s connected to Adobe 
 Document Cloud — so it’s easier than ever to work with PDFs on computers and mobile 
 devices. (https://acrobat.adobe.com/ca/en/acrobat/pdf-reader.html)
 
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Report Timeline:
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 2016-02-04: Pier-Luc Maltais from COSIG found the issue and report it to Adobe PSIRT.
 2016-05-10: Vendor fixed the issue (APSB16-14).
 2016-03-08: Release of this advisory.
 
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Technical details:
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 A memory corruption occurs when Adobe Reader DC handle a specially crafted image 
 XObject, which could lead to remote code execution.
  
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POC:
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https://plmsecurity.net/sites/plmsecurity.net/files/APSB16-14_PoC.pdf
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/39799.zip
  
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OS impact

macOS Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
adobe	acrobat	`{"endIncluding":"11.0.15"}`
adobe	acrobat_dc	`{"endIncluding":"15.006.30121"}`
adobe	acrobat_reader_dc	`{"endIncluding":"15.006.30121"}`
adobe	reader	`{"endIncluding":"11.0.15"}`

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.