CVE-2023-21608 PoC — Adobe Acrobat Reader DC resetForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Source

https://github.com/hacksysteam/CVE-2023-21608

Associated Vulnerability

Title: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC resetForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2023-21608)
Description:Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader - CVE-2023-21608 - Remote Code Execution Exploit

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# CVE-2023-21608

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This bug was `Use after Free` which was caused during `resetForm` operation while handling object memory references.

## Blog

-   [Adobe Acrobat Reader - resetForm - CAgg UaF - RCE Exploit - CVE-2023-21608](https://hacksys.io/blogs/adobe-reader-resetform-cagg-rce-cve-2023-21608)

## Advisory

-   [CVE-2023-21608](https://hacksys.io/advisories/HI-2022-006)

## Demo

[![Adobe Acrobat Reader DC - UaF - Remote Code Execution - CVE-2023-21608](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cguBkC0opXk/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cguBkC0opXk)

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