VDB-4210 · CVE-2010-3654 · BID 44504

Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.4 authplay.dll memory corruption

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.8$0-$5k0.00

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.4 (Document Reader Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function authplay.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.289.0 and 10.x before 10.1.102.64 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and 10.1.95.1 on Android, and authplay.dll (aka AuthPlayLib.bundle or libauthplay.so.0.0.0) in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted SWF content, as exploited in the wild in October 2010.

The weakness was published 10/28/2010 with Verschiedene (Siehe Adobe Advisory) (Website). The advisory is available at adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-3654 since 09/28/2010. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75420 (openSUSE Security Update : acroread (openSUSE-SU-2010:1030-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118667 (Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB10-26)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at adobe.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (75420). Similar entries are available at 4211, 4209, 55381 and 55380.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

Video

Open video | Show more videos

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Highly functional

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Dayunlockunlockunlockunlock
Todayunlockunlockunlockunlock

Nessus ID: 75420
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : acroread (openSUSE-SU-2010:1030-1)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍
Nessus Port: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 68493
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-flashplugin
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Saint ID: exploit_info/adobe_reader_flash_content_parsing
Saint Name: Adobe Flash Player Flash Content Parsing Code Execution

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

MetaSploit ID: adobe_flashplayer_button.rb
MetaSploit Name: Adobe Flash Player Button Remote Code Execution
MetaSploit File: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Patch: adobe.com
Suricata ID: 2013282
Suricata Class: 🔍
Suricata Message: 🔍

Timelineinfo

09/28/2010 🔍
10/28/2010 +30 days 🔍
10/28/2010 +0 days 🔍
10/29/2010 +0 days 🔍
11/19/2010 +21 days 🔍
12/03/2010 +14 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +1288 days 🔍
03/18/2021 +2470 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Organization: Verschiedene (Siehe Adobe Advisory)
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2010-3654 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityFocus: 44504 - Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Flash CVE-2010-3654 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 42030 - Adobe Reader / Acrobat authplay.dll Multiple Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 68932

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 11/19/2010 01:00
Updated: 03/18/2021 13:41
Changes: 11/19/2010 01:00 (56), 04/07/2017 10:45 (32), 03/18/2021 13:35 (1), 03/18/2021 13:38 (7), 03/18/2021 13:41 (1)
Complete: 🔍

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to stay up to date on a daily basis?

Enable the mail alert feature now!