Adobe Reader Acroform UTF-16 BOM Field Use After Free

Strike ID:
E20-11ct1
CVSS:
9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
False Positive:
f
Variants:
1
Year:
2020

Description

A use after free vulnerability exists in Adobe Reader and Acrobat due to incorrect manipulation of objects in memory. The vulnerability exists in 'AcroForm.api' dynamic library and may be triggered by a Field object that begins with an UTF-16 BE BOM sequence. An attacker may execute arbitrary code on a victim's system by enticing the victim to open a crafted PDF file.

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