7.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-16004
Adobe Acrobat Reader Untrusted Pointer Dereference Arbitrary Code Execution
Description

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2019.008.20080 and earlier, 2019.008.20081 and earlier, 2017.011.30106 and earlier version, 2017.011.30105 and earlier version, 2015.006.30457 and earlier, and 2015.006.30456 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 18, 2019, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 21, 2019, 4:20 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-16004 has a 7 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-2018-16004 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
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2
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-2018-16004.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106161 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-41.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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yrime/WinAflCustomMutate

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CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 28, 2023, 9:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 165 different CVEs too.
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Team-BT5/WinAFL-RDP

WinAFL modified for RDP client fuzzing

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 3 months ago
13 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : Dec. 18, 2022, 1:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 163 different CVEs too.
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ssumachai/CS182-Project

None

CMake C HTML JavaScript CSS C++ Perl PLpgSQL Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 1 year, 11 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 23, 2022, 10:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 165 different CVEs too.
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bacon-tomato-spaghetti/WinAFL-RDP

None

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 10, 2022, 5:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 163 different CVEs too.
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pranav0408/WinAFL

None

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 4 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 12, 2020, 2:25 a.m. This repo has been linked 132 different CVEs too.
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hardik05/winafl-powermopt

winafl with mopt mutators and afl fast power schedulers.

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Rich Text Format Python

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
20 stars 8 fork 8 watcher
Born at : Oct. 24, 2020, 2:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 133 different CVEs too.
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googleprojectzero/winafl

A fork of AFL for fuzzing Windows binaries

fuzzing security afl

CMake C PLpgSQL C++ JavaScript Python Rich Text Format

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
2310 stars 486 fork 486 watcher
Born at : July 7, 2016, 11:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 165 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-2018-16004 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-16004 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]

    Aug. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.011.30059 from (including) 17.011.30106 OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.011.30059 from (including) 17.011.30106
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.011.30059 from (including) 17.011.30105 OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.011.30059 from (including) 17.011.30105
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.011.30056 from (including) 17.011.30106 OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.011.30056 from (including) 17.011.30106
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.011.30056 from (including) 17.011.30105 OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.011.30056 from (including) 17.011.30105
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-41.html No Types Assigned https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-41.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106161 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106161 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.011.30056 up to (including) 17.011.30106 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.006.30060 up to (including) 15.006.30457 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.008.20082 up to (including) 19.008.20081 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.011.30059 up to (including) 17.011.30106 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.006.30060 up to (including) 15.006.30457 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.008.20082 up to (including) 19.008.20081 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.011.30056 up to (including) 17.011.30105 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.006.30060 up to (including) 15.006.30456 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.008.20082 up to (including) 19.008.20080 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 17.011.30059 up to (including) 17.011.30105 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.006.30060 up to (including) 15.006.30456 *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.008.20082 up to (including) 19.008.20080 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 19, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106161 [No Types Assigned]
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-2018-16004 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-2018-16004 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.19 }} -0.01%

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0.57387

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