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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 functionality. 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:
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 remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Universal 3D (U3D) file that triggers a buffer overflow during decompression, related to Texture and rgba, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0590, CVE-2011-0592, CVE-2011-0593, CVE-2011-0595, and CVE-2011-0600.
The weakness was released 02/10/2011 by Peter Vreugdenhil (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-0591 since 01/19/2011. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for 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 51924 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.0.1 / 9.4.2 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-03)), 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 118995 (Red Hat Update for Acroread (RHSA-2011:0301)).
Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10835.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (51924). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 56469, 56468, 56467 and 56466.
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Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 51924
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.0.1 / 9.4.2 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-03)
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OpenVAS ID: 801844
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities February-2011 (Windows)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0
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Timeline
01/19/2011 🔍02/07/2011 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: RHSA-2011:0301
Researcher: Peter Vreugdenhil (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-0591 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1025033
Vulnerability Center: 29714 - [APSB11-03] Adobe Acrobat and Reader Remote Code Execution vulnerability via Crafted PDF Files, Medium
SecurityFocus: 46209 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2011-0591 3D File Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 43470
Vupen: ADV-2011-0337
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Entry
Created: 03/20/2015 16:16Updated: 10/16/2021 21:29
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (72), 10/17/2018 08:50 (16), 10/16/2021 21:29 (3)
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