Advisory Details

March 8th, 2016

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC DLL Planting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-1008
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Acrobat Pro DC
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of DLL search paths. In specific situations an attacker can force Acrobat Pro DC to load an arbitrary DLL from specific locations. 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/acrobat/apsb16-09.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-08-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-03-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	AbdulAziz Hariri and Jasiel Spelman of HP Zero Day Initiative

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