CVE-2014-9150 Race condition in n/a
Attackers can bypass sandbox protections and write arbitrary files via a race condition in Adobe Reader, requiring user interaction to open a malicious document.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-9150?
CVE-2014-9150 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 30 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Race condition in the MoveFileEx call hook feature in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 11.x before 11.0.09 on Windows allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism, and consequently write to files in arbitrary locations, via an NTFS junction attack, a similar issue to CVE-2014-0568.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9150?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9150?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9150 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2014-9150 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9150 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x8vq-jv88-c5cc.