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:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::classic:::* cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:::::continuous:::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:::::continuous:::* cpe:2.3:o: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
First Time		Microsoft Apple Adobe acrobat Adobe Microsoft windows Adobe acrobat Reader Adobe acrobat Dc Adobe acrobat Reader Dc Apple macos

10 Aug 2023, 14:46

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-08-10 14:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 20:33

NVD link : CVE-2023-38234

Mitre link : CVE-2023-38234

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-38234

JSON object : View

Products Affected

adobe

acrobat_reader
acrobat
acrobat_dc
acrobat_reader_dc

apple

macos

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-824

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

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