VDB-50486 · CVE-2009-2979 · BID 36638

Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.0 denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.0 (Document Reader Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 do not properly perform XMP-XML entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted document.

The weakness was released 10/19/2009 by Stefano Di Paola with Apple Product Security (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-2979. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/24/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42134 (RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : acroread (RHSA-2009:1499)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116635 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB09-15)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (42134). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 2793, 4037, 4041 and 4039.

Productinfo

Type

Document Reader Software

Vendor

Adobe

Name

Acrobat Reader

Version

License

free

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 42134
Nessus Name: RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : acroread (RHSA-2009:1499)
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OpenVAS ID: 800958
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities - Oct09 (Linux)
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08/27/2009 🔍
10/08/2009 +42 days 🔍
10/13/2009 +5 days 🔍
10/15/2009 +2 days 🔍
10/19/2009 +4 days 🔍
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10/20/2009 +1 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1975 days 🔍
08/24/2021 +2351 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Stefano Di Paola
Organization: Apple Product Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2979 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 23787 - [APSB09-15] Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9-9.1.3, 8-8.1.6 Remote DoS Related to XMP-XML Entity Expansion, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36638 - RETIRED: Adobe Reader and Acrobat October 2009 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/24/2021 07:31
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (63), 02/15/2017 17:01 (10), 08/24/2021 07:24 (4), 08/24/2021 07:31 (1)
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