National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability
Database

    Vulnerabilities Detail

CVE-2016-0943 Detail

Current Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 11.0.14, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 15.006.30119, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 15.010.20056 on Windows and OS X mishandle the Global object, which allows attackers to bypass JavaScript API execution restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Source:  MITRE
View Analysis Description

Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.8 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.

Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034646 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-012 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-02.html Patch Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (including)
15.006.30097
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (including)
15.009.20077
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:classic:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (including)
15.006.30097
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader_dc:*:*:*:*:continuous:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (including)
15.009.20077
Running on/with
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (including)
11.0.13
Running on/with
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 3 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:11.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (including)
11.0.13
Running on/with
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)


Change History

4 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-0943
NVD Published Date:
01/14/2016
NVD Last Modified:
12/07/2016