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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.2, and 8.x before 8.2.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0198, CVE-2010-0199, and CVE-2010-0202.

The weakness was released 04/14/2010 by Billy Rios (TippingPoint) with Oulu University Secure Programming Group (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0203 since 01/05/2010. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45504 (Adobe Acrobat < 9.3.2 / 8.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-09)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165590 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update acroread (SUSE-SA:2010:022)).

Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9708.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (45504). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 4108, 52767, 52765 and 52764.

Productinfo

Type

• Document Reader Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

License

• free

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 45504
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 9.3.2 / 8.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-09)
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OpenVAS ID: 850132
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for acroread SUSE-SA:2010:022
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0
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Timelineinfo

01/05/2010 🔍
04/08/2010 +92 days 🔍
04/13/2010 +5 days 🔍
04/13/2010 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2010 +1 days 🔍
04/14/2010 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2010 +0 days 🔍
04/19/2010 +4 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1795 days 🔍
10/16/2018 +1307 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Billy Rios (TippingPoint)
Organization: Oulu University Secure Programming Group
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0203 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 25469 - [APSB10-09] Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows and Mac OS X Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 39329 - RETIRED: Adobe Acrobat and Reader April 2010 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Vupen: ADV-2010-0873

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 10/16/2018 09:05
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (70), 10/16/2018 09:05 (9)
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