HTTP: Adobe Pdf CVE-2017-16364 Information Disclosure
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Adobe Acrobat Reader. A successful attack can lead to unauthorized information disclosure.
Extended 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 issue is due to an untrusted pointer dereference when handling number format dictionary entries. In this scenario, the input is crafted in way that the computation results in pointers to memory locations that do not belong to the relevant process address space. The dereferencing operation is a read operation, and an attack can result in sensitive data exposure.
Affected Products
Adobe acrobat_dc
References
CVE: CVE-2017-16364
Short Name
HTTP:STC:ADOBE:CVE-2017-16364ID
Severity
Minor
Recommended
True
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
Adobe CVE-2017-16364 Disclosure Information Pdf
Release Date
12/12/2017
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3590
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Adobe
CVSS Score
9.3