RULE(RULE ID:320528)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2017-09-28
Rule Name: Acrobat and Reader addAnnot Use After Free Vulnerability (CVE-2017-11254)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017.009.20058 and earlier, 2017.008.30051 and earlier, 2015.006.30306 and earlier, and 11.0.20 and earlier has an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the Acrobat/Reader's JavaScript engine. The vulnerability is due to an error while processing addAnnot() method. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Impact: An attacker can execute arbitrary code via a successful exploit in the context of the vulnerable software.
Affected OS: Windows
Reference: CVE-2017-11254
Solutions
Upgrading to version 11.0.21, 2015.006.30352, 2017.011.30059 or 2017.012.20093 eliminates this vulnerability.