#VU5223 Cross-site scripting in Acrobat Extension for Chrome - CVE-2017-2929 

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#VU5223 Cross-site scripting in Acrobat Extension for Chrome - CVE-2017-2929

Published: January 19, 2017 / Updated: January 21, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU5223
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2929
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Acrobat Extension for Chrome
Software vendor:
Adobe

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Update to version 15.1.0.4.

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