CVE-2018-19725
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAdobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20069 and earlier, 2017.011.30113 and earlier version, and 2015.006.30464 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysisPrivileges are granted, or fail to be dropped, incorrectly, so an action runs with more power than it should. An attacker who reaches that path inherits the excess privilege. The fix is least-privilege throughout, with explicit, checked transitions whenever privilege changes.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 15.006.30060, <= 15.006.30464>= 15.008.20082, <= 19.010.20069>= 17.011.30056, <= 17.011.30113>= 15.006.30060, <= 15.006.30464>= 15.008.20082, <= 19.010.20069>= 17.011.30059, <= 17.011.30113CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped2019.010.20098 or later (2019 track); 2017.011.30120 or later (2017 track); 2015.006.30467 or later (2015 track)
- 1. Navigate to the Adobe security bulletin at https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb19-07.html
- 2. Identify the specific version of Adobe Acrobat or Reader installed (via Help > About Adobe Acrobat/Reader)
- 3. Download the appropriate patched version from Adobe's official download page or via your organization's software distribution channel
- 4. Close all Adobe Acrobat/Reader instances and any web browsers with PDF viewing extensions
- 5. Run the installer with administrator privileges to apply the security update
- 6. Verify the installed version matches or exceeds the fixed release (2019.010.20098 or later for 2019 track; 2017.011.30120 or later for 2017 track; 2015.006.30467 or later for 2015 track)
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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