Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-0589. The attack can be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. 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 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.2, and 8.x before 8.2.6 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-2011-0563 and CVE-2011-0606.

The weakness was shared 02/10/2011 (Website). The advisory is available at adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-0589. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75498 (openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2011:0492-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118935 (Adobe Flash Player Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSB11-12)).

Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10986.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (75498), SecurityFocus (BID 46202†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29709†). The entries VDB-56469, VDB-56468, VDB-56467 and VDB-56466 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 75498
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2011:0492-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 801844
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities February-2011 (Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0
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Timelineinfo

01/20/2011 🔍
02/08/2011 +19 days 🔍
02/09/2011 +1 days 🔍
02/10/2011 +1 days 🔍
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06/13/2014 +1219 days 🔍
03/20/2015 +280 days 🔍
10/16/2021 +2402 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0301
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0589 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0589
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56454

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X-Force: 65294
SecurityFocus: 46202
Secunia: 43470
Vulnerability Center: 29709 - [APSB11-03] Adobe Acrobat and Reader prior to 9.4.2 and 10.0.1 Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 04:16 PM
Updated: 10/16/2021 08:54 PM
Changes: 03/20/2015 04:16 PM (38), 08/10/2017 01:04 PM (25), 10/16/2021 08:39 PM (5), 10/16/2021 08:47 PM (8), 10/16/2021 08:54 PM (1)
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