CVE-2017-16406 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions and 11.0.22 and earlier versions. This vulnerability is an instance of a type confusion vulnerability in the EMF processing module. The issue causes the program to access an object using an incompatible type leading to an out of bounds memory access. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability by using the out of bounds access for unintended reads writes or frees – potentially leading to code corruption control-flow hijack or information leak attack.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101815 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791 https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8