VDB-53884 · CVE-2010-2207 · BID 41239

Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. 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 Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1295, CVE-2010-2202, CVE-2010-2209, CVE-2010-2210, CVE-2010-2211, and CVE-2010-2212.

The weakness was shared 06/30/2010 by Tavis Ormandy with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-2207 since 06/08/2010. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 47164 (Adobe Acrobat < 9.3.3 / 8.2.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-15)), 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 165597 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Acrobat Reader (SUSE-SA:2010:029)).

Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (47164). The entries 53889, 53888, 53887 and 53886 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
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Nessus ID: 47164
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 9.3.3 / 8.2.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-15)
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OpenVAS ID: 801365
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities -July10 (Windows)
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2207 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1024159
Vulnerability Center: 26297 - [APSB10-15] Adobe Acrobat RCE on MacOS X and Windows Remote Memory Corruption or Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 41239 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2010-2207 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 40034
Vupen: ADV-2010-1636

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/18/2021 23:23
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (70), 10/16/2018 09:09 (14), 09/18/2021 23:23 (3)
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