Adobe Acrobat Reader prior 9.0 input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. 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. The summary by CVE is:

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 crafted JP2K record types in a JPEG2000 image in a PDF file, which causes heap corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0596, CVE-2011-0598, and CVE-2011-0599.

The weakness was published 02/10/2011 by Sean Larsson (iDefense) with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-0602 since 01/19/2011. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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.

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 24063.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (51924). Similar entries are available at 56469, 56468, 56467 and 56466.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0301
Researcher: Sean Larsson (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-0602 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1025033
Vulnerability Center: 29706 - [APSB11-03] Adobe Acrobat and Reader Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted PDF F, Medium
SecurityFocus: 46221 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2011-0602 Image Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 43470
Vupen: ADV-2011-0337

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Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/17/2021 00:52
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (67), 10/17/2018 08:51 (17), 10/17/2021 00:52 (3)
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