Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 ActiveX Control denial of service
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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
Unspecified vulnerability in an ActiveX control in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.
The weakness was shared 10/19/2009 by Stefano Di Paola with Apple Product Security (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-2987. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
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 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (42119). The entries 2793, 4037, 4041 and 4039 are related to this item.
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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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: 800958
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities - Oct09 (Linux)
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Timeline
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Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Stefano Di Paola
Organization: Apple Product Security
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CVE: CVE-2009-2987 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 23794 - [APSB09-15] Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7-7.1.3, 8- 8.1.6, and 9-9.1.3 on Windows Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36638 - RETIRED: Adobe Reader and Acrobat October 2009 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 08/24/2021 07:43
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (63), 02/15/2017 17:01 (10), 08/24/2021 07:37 (4), 08/24/2021 07:43 (1)
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