CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-5090

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Jul 15, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.15 and 11.x before 11.0.12, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 2015.006.30060, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 2015.008.20082 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and perform a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4446 and CVE-2015-5106.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AcrobatAdobe10.0 (including)10.1.14 (including)
AcrobatAdobe11.0.0 (including)11.0.11 (including)
Acrobat_dcAdobe15.006.30033 (including)15.006.30060 (excluding)
Acrobat_dcAdobe15.007.20033 (including)15.008.20082 (excluding)
Acrobat_readerAdobe10.0 (including)10.1.14 (including)
Acrobat_readerAdobe11.0.0 (including)11.0.11 (including)
Acrobat_reader_dcAdobe15.006.30033 (including)15.006.30060 (excluding)
Acrobat_reader_dcAdobe15.007.20033 (including)15.008.20082 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References