7.2
HIGH
CVE-2015-5090
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.15 and 11.x before 11.0.12, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 2015.006.30060, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 2015.008.20082 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and perform a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4446 and CVE-2015-5106.

INFO

Published Date :

July 15, 2015, 2:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 8, 2021, 5:19 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-5090 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-5090 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Adobe acrobat_dc
2 Adobe acrobat_reader_dc
3 Adobe acrobat
4 Adobe acrobat_reader
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 4
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-5090.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75743 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032892 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb15-15.html Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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public bugs/proof of concepts

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Updated: 1 month ago
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Born at : Jan. 19, 2016, 4:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-5090 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-5090 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Sep. 08, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Access Complexity Insufficient Information
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75743 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75743 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032892 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032892 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-284
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:2015.006.30033:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:2015.007.20033:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:2015.006.30033:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:2015.007.20033:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.0 up to (including) 10.1.14 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.0.0 up to (including) 11.0.11 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.006.30033 up to (excluding) 15.006.30060 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.007.20033 up to (excluding) 15.008.20082 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.0 up to (including) 10.1.14 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.0.0 up to (including) 11.0.11 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.006.30033 up to (excluding) 15.006.30060 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.007.20033 up to (excluding) 15.008.20082 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 22, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032892 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75743 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Jul. 17, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Translation jjalvarez amoraleda
    Changed Translation Vulnerabilidades en múltiples productos de Adobe (CVE-2015-5090) múltiples productos de Adobe
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 17, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:2015.007.20033:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:2015.006.30033:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:2015.007.20033:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:2015.006.30033:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb15-15.html No Types Assigned https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb15-15.html Advisory, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-284
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-5090 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-5090 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.21 }} 0.02%

score

0.58860

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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