Advisory Details

July 14th, 2015

Adobe Reader makeMeasurement Stack Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-15-320
ZDI-CAN-2843

CVE ID CVE-2015-5093
CVSS SCORE 6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Reader
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['19728']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Reader. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of arguments passed to the makeMeasurement method. Specially crafted arguments passed to makeMeasurement, can overflow a buffer of size 0x64 bytes. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb15-15.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2015-04-10 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2015-07-14 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT AbdulAziz Hariri - HP Zero Day Initiative
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