Vulnerability Spotlight: Information leak vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader’s JavaScript function

Tuesday, February 11, 2020 11:13

Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Munshaw.

Cisco Talos recently discovered an information leak vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Acrobat supports a number of features, including the ability to process embedded JavaScript. An attacker could trigger this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a malicious file or web page with embedded

JavaScript in a PDF. The attacker could then gain access to sensitive information, which could then be used in additional attacks.

In accordance with our coordinated disclosure policy, Cisco Talos worked with Adobe to ensure that these issues are resolved and that an update is available for affected customers.

Vulnerability details Adobe Acrobat Reader DC JavaScript field name information leak (TALOS-2019-0959/CVE-2020-3744)

A specific JavaScript code embedded in a PDF file can lead to an information leak when opening a PDF document in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, version 2019.021.20048. This could allow an attacker to view sensitive information, which could be abused when exploiting another vulnerability to bypass mitigations. The victim would need to open the malicious file or access a malicious web page to trigger this vulnerability.

Read the complete vulnerability advisory here for additional information.

Versions tested Talos tested and confirmed that version 2019.021.20048 of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is affected by this vulnerability.

Coverage The following SNORTⓇ rules will detect exploitation attempts. Note that additional rules may be released at a future date and current rules are subject to change pending additional vulnerability information. For the most current rule information, please refer to your Firepower Management Center or Snort.org.

Snort Rules: 52331, 52332