High severity · published Sep 11, 2023
CVE-2019-16470
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7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 2019.021.20056 and earlier are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AR
Acrobat Reader · Adobe
through 2019.021.20056 · source: vendor
AD
Acrobat DC · Adobe
15.006.30060 through 15.006.30505; 15.008.20082 through 19.021.20056; 17.011.30059 through 17.011.30152; 17.011.30059 through 17.011.30155 · source: NVD
AR
Acrobat Reader DC · Adobe
15.006.30060 through 15.006.30505; 15.008.20082 through 19.021.20056; 17.011.30059 through 17.011.30152 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16470
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16470
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb19-55.html
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