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zdiPengsu Cheng of Trend MicroZDI-18-678
HistoryJul 16, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

Adobe Acrobat XPS2PDF Format String Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2018-07-1600:00:00
Pengsu Cheng of Trend Micro
www.zerodayinitiative.com
7

0.024 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.0%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Acrobat. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within XPS2PDF.api. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it as a format specifier. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.