Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin up to 7.x memory allocation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin up to 7.x (Document Reader Software). Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory allocation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-789. The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, and possibly the plugin distributed with Adobe Reader 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2, when used with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Opera, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long sequence of # (hash) characters appended to a PDF URL, related to a "cross-site scripting issue."

The weakness was published 01/03/2007 by Stefano Di Paola (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-0048. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42119 (Adobe Acrobat < 9.2 / 8.1.7 / 7.1.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB09-15)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116635 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB09-15)).

Upgrading to version 8.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31273) and Tenable (42119). Similar entries are available at 2793, 4037, 4041 and 4039.

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Class: Memory allocation
CWE: CWE-789 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 42119
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 9.2 / 8.1.7 / 7.1.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB09-15)
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OpenVAS ID: 850062
OpenVAS Name: SurgeMail SurgeWeb Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader Plugin 8.0.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Stefano Di Paola
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-0048 (🔍)
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X-Force: 31273
Vulnerability Center: 13840 - [APSB09-15] Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin Denial of Service via # (hash) Characters Sequence in the URL, Medium
SecurityFocus: 21858 - Adobe Reader Plugin Open Parameters Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 23812
OSVDB: 31596 - Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin PDF URL Memory Corruption DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 06/07/2019 15:42
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (68), 06/07/2019 15:42 (14)
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