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Adobe Acrobat Reader DC XFA nodes Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Reference ID: SSA-1707
Publication date: 08.08.2017
Severity: critical
Discovered by: Sebastian Apelt

Affected products/versions:
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (2017.009.20058 and earlier versions)

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Acrobat Pro 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 XFA nodes. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.

References:
ZDI-17-627
CVE-2017-11257
Adobe Security Bulletin APSB17-24