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HistoryOct 15, 2019 - 12:00 a.m.

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC XFA closeDoc Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2019-10-1500:00:00
peternguyen
www.zerodayinitiative.com
18

EPSS

0.014

Percentile

86.4%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Adobe Reader DC. 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 the handling of the closeDoc method within XFA forms. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.