Advisory Details

July 14th, 2015

Adobe Reader ARMSvc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-5090
CVSS SCORE	6.9, AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Reader
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows local attackers to elevate privileges on vulnerable installations of Adobe Reader. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the ARMSvc service. An attacker can force the service to overwrite the Adobe updater with any file signed by Adobe. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of SYSTEM.
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	2015-04-28 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-07-14 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	AbdulAziz Hariri and Jasiel Spelman - HP Zero Day Initiative

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