Adobe Reader DC Information Disclosure Vulnerability (APSB18-40) - Mac OS X
🗓️ 15 Nov 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat < 2015.006.30457 / 2017.011.30106 / 2019.008.20081 Vulnerability (APSB18-40) | 14 Nov 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Adobe Reader < 2015.006.30457 / 2017.011.30106 / 2019.008.20081 Vulnerability (APSB18-40) | 14 Nov 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| APSB18-40 Security Updates Available for Adobe Acrobat and Reader | 13 Nov 201800:00 | – | adobe | |
| CVE-2018-15979 | 31 Aug 202503:01 | – | circl | |
| Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat and Reader Information Disclosure Vulnerability | 16 Nov 201800:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Adobe Acrobat and Reader Data leakage (APSB18-40: CVE-2018-15979) | 13 Nov 201800:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| CVE-2018-15979 | 29 Nov 201820:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2018-15979 | 29 Nov 201820:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2018-7835 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| KLA11357 Information disclosure Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader | 13 Nov 201800:00 | – | kaspersky |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| helpx | www.helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-40.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc_continuous";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.814191");
script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-15979");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-08-21 16:20:00 +0000 (Wed, 21 Aug 2019)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-11-15 12:20:16 +0530 (Thu, 15 Nov 2018)");
script_name("Adobe Reader DC Information Disclosure Vulnerability (APSB18-40) - Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Adobe Reader DC is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an error in handing
the feature of Portable Document Files (PDFs).That leaks NT LAN Manager (NTLM)
credentials.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to inadvertent leak of the users hashed NTLM password.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Adobe Reader DC version 2019.x before 2019.008.20081 on Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Adobe Reader DC version
2019.008.20081 or later. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-40.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_adobe_acrobat_reader_dc_cont_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Adobe/Acrobat/ReaderDC/Continuous/MacOSX/Version");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"2019.0", test_version2:"2019.008.20080")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"19.008.20081 (2019.008.20081)", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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12 Sep 2025 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 25
CVSS 37.5
EPSS0.10267