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Adobe Acrobat Reader DC XFA CPDField Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Reference ID: SSA-1610Affected products/versions:
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (15.017.20053 and earlier versions)
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Acrobat Reader 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 CPDField objects. The process does not properly validate the existence of an object prior to performing operations on it. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
References:
ZDI-16-559
CVE-2016-6952
Adobe Security Bulletin APSB16-33