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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in an ActiveX control in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.2.5 and 9.x before 9.4 on Windows allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was published 10/06/2010 by Tavis Ormandy with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2888 since 07/27/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49172 (Adobe Acrobat < 9.4 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-21)), 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 118486 (Adobe Acrobat / Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSA10-02, APSB10-21)).

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 (49172). Similar entries are available at 4175, 54940, 54939 and 54938.

Productinfo

Type

• Document Reader Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Acrobat Reader

Version

• 1.3
• 3.0
• 3.01
• 3.02
• 4.0
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.5a
• 4.0.5c
• 4.05
• 4.5
• 5.0
• 5.0.5
• 5.0.6
• 5.0.7
• 5.0.9
• 5.0.10
• 5.0.11
• 5.1
• 6.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 7.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.1.0
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.2
• 7.1.3
• 7.1.4
• 8
• 8.0
• 8.0.0
• 8.1
• 8.1.1
• 8.1.2
• 8.1.4
• 8.1.5
• 8.1.6
• 8.1.7
• 8.2
• 8.2.1
• 8.2.2
• 8.2.3
• 8.2.4

License

• free

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 49172
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 9.4 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-21)
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OpenVAS ID: 801524
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities -Oct10 (Windows)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0

Timelineinfo

07/27/2010 🔍
09/09/2010 +44 days 🔍
09/13/2010 +4 days 🔍
10/05/2010 +22 days 🔍
10/05/2010 +0 days 🔍
10/06/2010 +1 days 🔍
10/06/2010 +0 days 🔍
10/06/2010 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1625 days 🔍
09/26/2021 +2383 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2010-2888 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

Vulnerability Center: 27442 - [APSB10-21] Adobe Acrobat and Reader on Windows Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Medium
SecurityFocus: 43739 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2010-2888 Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 41340

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 08:21
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (70), 10/16/2018 09:11 (7), 09/26/2021 08:21 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 18:139:103

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