CVE-2023-38234

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20244 (and earlier) and 20.005.30467 (and earlier) are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::continuous:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous:::*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

15 Aug 2023, 17:30

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:::::classic:::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous:::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::continuous:::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
First Time		Adobe Microsoft Apple Adobe acrobat Reader Adobe acrobat Reader Dc Adobe acrobat Adobe acrobat Dc Apple macos Microsoft windows
References	~~(MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html -~~	(MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-30.html - Vendor Advisory

10 Aug 2023, 14:46

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-08-10 14:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 15:14

NVD link : CVE-2023-38234

Mitre link : CVE-2023-38234

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-38234

JSON object : View

Products Affected

adobe

acrobat
acrobat_reader_dc
acrobat_dc
acrobat_reader

microsoft

windows

apple

macos

CWE

CWE-824

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

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