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Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.021.20061 and earlier, 2017.011.30156 and earlier, and 2015.006.30508 and earlier were found to contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered in December 2019 and publicly disclosed in February 2020 (Adobe Security).
The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds read issue that can be triggered through specific JavaScript code embedded in a PDF file. The flaw specifically relates to the JavaScript field name functionality in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. The issue was confirmed in version 2019.021.20048 of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (Talos Intelligence).
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to information disclosure. The leaked information could potentially be used by attackers to facilitate additional attacks or bypass security mitigations (Talos Intelligence).
Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should update to the latest version of Adobe Acrobat and Reader. Network detection is possible through Snort rules 52331 and 52332 (Talos Intelligence).
Source: This report was generated using AI
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