VDB-53880 · CVE-2010-2203 · BID 41235

Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3 on UNIX allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 06/30/2010 by James Quirk (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-2203. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49126 (GLSA-201009-05 : Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165597 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Acrobat Reader (SUSE-SA:2010:029)).

Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (49126). Similar entries are available at 53889, 53888, 53887 and 53886.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 49126
Nessus Name: GLSA-201009-05 : Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801365
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities -July10 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: James Quirk
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CVE: CVE-2010-2203 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 26307 - [APSB10-15] Adobe Reader and Acrobat on UNIX Remote Memory Corruption or Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 41235 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2010-2203 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/18/2021 22:37
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (61), 02/28/2017 11:34 (11), 09/18/2021 22:25 (4), 09/18/2021 22:37 (1)
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