An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, and 11.0.22 and earlier versions. This vulnerability is an instance of a security bypass vulnerability for a certain file-type extension. Acrobat maintains both a blacklist and whitelist (the user can specify an allowed attachment). However, any file extensions that are neither on the blacklist nor the whitelist can still be opened after displaying a warning prompt.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101814 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html Vendor Advisory
History

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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2017-12-09T06:00:00

Updated: 2017-12-09T10:57:01

Reserved: 2017-11-01T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-16380

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-12-09T06:29:01.647

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223


Link: CVE-2017-16380

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