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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.2952
Security bulletin for Adobe Acrobat and Reader | APSB18-30
2 October 2018
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Publisher: Adobe
Operating System: Windows
Mac OS
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Reduced Security -- Unknown/Unspecified
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-15968 CVE-2018-15966 CVE-2018-15956
CVE-2018-15955 CVE-2018-15954 CVE-2018-15953
CVE-2018-15952 CVE-2018-15951 CVE-2018-15950
CVE-2018-15949 CVE-2018-15948 CVE-2018-15947
CVE-2018-15946 CVE-2018-15945 CVE-2018-15944
CVE-2018-15943 CVE-2018-15942 CVE-2018-15941
CVE-2018-15940 CVE-2018-15939 CVE-2018-15938
CVE-2018-15937 CVE-2018-15936 CVE-2018-15935
CVE-2018-15934 CVE-2018-15933 CVE-2018-15932
CVE-2018-15931 CVE-2018-15930 CVE-2018-15929
CVE-2018-15928 CVE-2018-15927 CVE-2018-15926
CVE-2018-15925 CVE-2018-15924 CVE-2018-15923
CVE-2018-15922 CVE-2018-15920 CVE-2018-12881
CVE-2018-12880 CVE-2018-12879 CVE-2018-12878
CVE-2018-12877 CVE-2018-12876 CVE-2018-12875
CVE-2018-12874 CVE-2018-12873 CVE-2018-12872
CVE-2018-12871 CVE-2018-12870 CVE-2018-12869
CVE-2018-12868 CVE-2018-12867 CVE-2018-12866
CVE-2018-12865 CVE-2018-12864 CVE-2018-12863
CVE-2018-12862 CVE-2018-12861 CVE-2018-12860
CVE-2018-12859 CVE-2018-12858 CVE-2018-12857
CVE-2018-12856 CVE-2018-12855 CVE-2018-12853
CVE-2018-12852 CVE-2018-12851 CVE-2018-12847
CVE-2018-12846 CVE-2018-12845 CVE-2018-12844
CVE-2018-12843 CVE-2018-12842 CVE-2018-12841
CVE-2018-12839 CVE-2018-12838 CVE-2018-12837
CVE-2018-12836 CVE-2018-12835 CVE-2018-12834
CVE-2018-12833 CVE-2018-12832 CVE-2018-12831
CVE-2018-12769 CVE-2018-12759
Original Bulletin:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-30.html
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Security bulletin for Adobe Acrobat and Reader | APSB18-30
+------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------+
| Bulletin ID | Date Published | Priority |
+------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------+
|APSB18-30 |October 01, 2018 |2 |
+------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------+
Summary
Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows
and MacOS. These updates address critical and important vulnerabilities.
Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context
of the current user.
Affected Versions
+--------------+----------+--------------------------+------------+-----------+
| Product | Track | Affected Versions | Platform | Priority |
| | | | | rating |
+--------------+----------+--------------------------+------------+-----------+
|Acrobat DC |Continuous|2018.011.20063 and earlier|Windows and |2 |
| | |versions |macOS | |
+--------------+----------+--------------------------+------------+-----------+
|Acrobat Reader|Continuous|2018.011.20063 and earlier|Windows and |2 |
|DC | |versions |macOS | |
+--------------+----------+--------------------------+------------+-----------+
| | | | | |
+--------------+----------+--------------------------+------------+-----------+
|Acrobat 2017 |Classic |2017.011.30102 and earlier|Windows and |2 |
| |2017 |versions |macOS | |
+--------------+----------+--------------------------+------------+-----------+
|Acrobat Reader|Classic |2017.011.30102 and earlier|Windows and |2 |
|2017 |2017 |versions |macOS | |
+--------------+----------+--------------------------+------------+-----------+
| | | | | |
+--------------+----------+--------------------------+------------+-----------+
|Acrobat DC |Classic |2015.006.30452 and earlier|Windows and |2 |
| |2015 |versions |macOS | |
+--------------+----------+--------------------------+------------+-----------+
|Acrobat Reader|Classic |2015.006.30452 and earlier|Windows and |2 |
|DC |2015 |versions |macOS | |
+--------------+----------+--------------------------+------------+-----------+
For questions regarding Acrobat DC, please visit the Acrobat DC FAQ page.
For questions regarding Acrobat Reader DC, please visit the Acrobat Reader DC
FAQ page.
Solution
Adobe recommends users update their software installations to the latest
versions by following the instructions below.
The latest product versions are available to end users via one of the following
methods:
o Users can update their product installations manually by choosing Help >
Check for Updates.
o The products will update automatically, without requiring user
intervention, when updates are detected.
o The full Acrobat Reader installer can be downloaded from the Acrobat Reader
Download Center.
For IT administrators (managed environments):
o Download the enterprise installers from ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/, or
refer to the specific release note version for links to installers.
o Install updates via your preferred methodology, such as AIP-GPO,
bootstrapper, SCUP/SCCM (Windows), or on macOS, Apple Remote Desktop and
SSH.
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and
recommends users update their installation to the newest version:
+---------------+----------+--------------+-----------+----------+------------+
| Product | Track | Updated | Platform | Priority |Availability|
| | | Versions | | Rating | |
+---------------+----------+--------------+-----------+----------+------------+
|Acrobat DC |Continuous|2019.008.20071|Windows and|2 |Windows |
| | | |macOS | |macOS |
+---------------+----------+--------------+-----------+----------+------------+
|Acrobat Reader |Continuous|2019.008.20071|Windows |2 |Windows |
|DC | | |and macOS | |macOS |
+---------------+----------+--------------+-----------+----------+------------+
| | | | | | |
+---------------+----------+--------------+-----------+----------+------------+
|Acrobat 2017 |Classic |2017.011.30105|Windows |2 |Windows |
| |2017 | |and macOS | |macOS |
+---------------+----------+--------------+-----------+----------+------------+
|Acrobat Reader |Classic |2017.011.30105|Windows |2 |Windows |
|DC 2017 |2017 | |and macOS | |macOS |
+---------------+----------+--------------+-----------+----------+------------+
| | | | | | |
+---------------+----------+--------------+-----------+----------+------------+
|Acrobat DC |Classic |2015.006.30456|Windows |2 |Windows |
| |2015 | |and macOS | |macOS |
+---------------+----------+--------------+-----------+----------+------------+
|Acrobat Reader |Classic |2015.006.30456|Windows |2 |Windows |
|DC |2015 | |and macOS | |macOS |
+---------------+----------+--------------+-----------+----------+------------+
Note:
As noted in this previous announcement, support for Adobe Acrobat 11.x and
Adobe Reader 11.x ended on October 15, 2017. Version 11.0.23 is the final
release for Adobe Acrobat 11.x and Adobe Reader 11.x. Adobe strongly
recommends that you update to the latest versions of Adobe Acrobat DC and Adobe
Acrobat Reader DC. By updating installations to the latest versions, you
benefit from the latest functional enhancements and improved security measures.
Vulnerability Details
+-----------------------+-------------------+------------+-------------------+
| Vulnerability Category| Vulnerability | Severity | CVE Number |
| | Impact | | |
+-----------------------+-------------------+------------+-------------------+
| | | |CVE-2018-15955, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15954, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15952, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15945, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15944, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15941, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15940, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15939, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15938, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15936, |
| | | | |
| |Arbitrary Code | |CVE-2018-15935, |
|Out-of-bounds write |Execution |Critical | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15934, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15933, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15929, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15928, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12868, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12865, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12864, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12862, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12861, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12860, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12759 |
+-----------------------+-------------------+------------+-------------------+
| | | |CVE-2018-15956, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15953, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15950, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15949, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15948, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15947, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15946, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15943, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15942, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15932, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15927, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15926, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15925, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15923, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15922, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12880, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12879, |
| | | | |
| |Information | |CVE-2018-12878, |
|Out-of-bounds read |Disclosure |Important | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12875, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12874, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12873, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12872, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12871, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12870, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12869, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12867, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12866, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12859, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12857, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12856, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12845, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12844, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12843, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12839, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12834, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15968 |
+-----------------------+-------------------+------------+-------------------+
|Heap Overflow |Arbitrary Code |Critical |CVE-2018-12851, |
| |Execution | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12847, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12846, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12837, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12836, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12833, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12832 |
+-----------------------+-------------------+------------+-------------------+
| |Arbitrary Code |Critical |CVE-2018-15924, |
| |Execution | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15920, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12877, |
| | | | |
|Use After Free | | |CVE-2018-12863, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12852, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12831, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12769 |
+-----------------------+-------------------+------------+-------------------+
| |Arbitrary Code |Critical |CVE-2018-12876, |
| |Execution | | |
|Type Confusion | | |CVE-2018-12858, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12835 |
+-----------------------+-------------------+------------+-------------------+
|Stack Overflow |Information |Important |CVE-2018-12838 |
| |Disclosure | | |
+-----------------------+-------------------+------------+-------------------+
|Double Free |Arbitrary Code |Critical | |
| |Execution | |CVE-2018-12841 |
| | | | |
+-----------------------+-------------------+------------+-------------------+
|Integer Overflow |Information |Important |CVE-2018-12881, |
| |Disclosure | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12842 |
+-----------------------+-------------------+------------+-------------------+
|Buffer Errors |Arbitrary Code |Critical |CVE-2018-15951, |
| |Execution | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12855, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-12853 |
+-----------------------+-------------------+------------+-------------------+
|Untrusted pointer |Arbitrary Code |Critical |CVE-2018-15937, |
|dereference |Execution | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15931, |
| | | | |
| | | |CVE-2018-15930 |
+-----------------------+-------------------+------------+-------------------+
|Security Bypass |Privilege |Critical |CVE-2018-15966 |
| |Escalation | | |
+-----------------------+-------------------+------------+-------------------+
Acknowledgements
Adobe would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for
reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our
customers:
o Anonymous via Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2018-12851)
o Zhiyuan Wang from Chengdu Security Response Center of Qihoo 360 Technology
Co. Ltd. (CVE-2018-12841, CVE-2018-12838, CVE-2018-12833)
o willJ working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2018-12856,
CVE-2018-12855)
o Sebastian Apelt siberas working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
(CVE-2018-12858)
o Lin Wang of Beihang University working with Trend Micro's Zero Day
Initiative (CVE-2018-12876, CVE-2018-12868)
o Esteban Ruiz (mr_me) of Source Incite working with Trend Micro's Zero Day
Initiative (CVE-2018-12879, CVE-2018-12877)
o Kamlapati Choubey via Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2018-15948,
CVE-2018-15946, CVE-2018-12842)
o Ron Waisberg via Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2018-15950,
CVE-2018-15949, CVE-2018-15947)
o Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos.(CVE-2018-12852)
o Guy Inbar (guyio) (CVE-2018-12853)
o Lin Wang of Beihang University (CVE-2018-15951, CVE-2018-12881,
CVE-2018-12880, CVE-2018-12845, CVE-2018-12844, CVE-2018-12843,
CVE-2018-12759)
o Gal De Leon of Palo Alto Networks (CVE-2018-15920, CVE-2018-12846,
CVE-2018-12836, CVE-2018-12832, CVE-2018-12769)
o Zhenjie Jia of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team (CVE-2018-12831)
o Hui Gao of Palo Alto Networks and Heige (a.k.a. SuperHei) from Knownsec 404
Security Team (CVE-2018-15925, CVE-2018-15924)
o Bo Qu and Zhibin Zhang of Palo Alto Networks (CVE-2018-15923,
CVE-2018-15922)
o Esteban Ruiz (mr_me) of Source Incite working with iDefense Labs
(CVE-2018-12835)
o Ashfaq Ansari - Project Srishti working with iDefense Labs (CVE-2018-15968)
o Omri Herscovici via Vulnerability Research Check Point Software
Technologies Ltd. (CVE-2018-15956, CVE-2018-15955,
CVE-2018-15954,CVE-2018-15953, CVE-2018-15952, CVE-2018-15938,
CVE-2018-15937, CVE-2018-15936, CVE-2018-15935, CVE-2018-15934,
CVE-2018-15933, CVE-2018-15932 , CVE-2018-15931, CVE-2018-15930 ,
CVE-2018-15929, CVE-2018-15928, CVE-2018-15927, CVE-2018-12875,
CVE-2018-12874 , CVE-2018-12873, CVE-2018-12872,CVE-2018-12871,
CVE-2018-12870, CVE-2018-12869, CVE-2018-12867 , CVE-2018-12866,
CVE-2018-12865 , CVE-2018-12864 , CVE-2018-12863, CVE-2018-12862,
CVE-2018-12861, CVE-2018-12860, CVE-2018-12859, CVE-2018-12857,
CVE-2018-12839)
o Ke Liu of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (CVE-2018-15945, CVE-2018-15944,
CVE-2018-15943, CVE-2018-15942, CVE-2018-15941, CVE-2018-15940,
CVE-2018-15939, CVE-2018-15926, CVE-2018-12878, CVE-2018-12837,
CVE-2018-12834)
o Benjamin Brupbacher (CVE-2018-12847)
o Wei Wei (@Danny__Wei) of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab (CVE-2018-15966)
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