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HistoryJul 14, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

Adobe Reader ARMSvc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

2015-07-1400:00:00
AbdulAziz Hariri and Jasiel Spelman - HP Zero Day Initiative
www.zerodayinitiative.com
92

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

59.2%

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.