VDB-57703 · CVE-2011-2094 · BID 48240

Adobe Acrobat up to 10.0.3 memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3, 9.x before 9.4.5, and 10.x before 10.1 on Windows and Mac OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2095 and CVE-2011-2097.

The weakness was presented 06/16/2011 by TippingPoint with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-2094 since 05/13/2011. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55421 (Adobe Reader < 10.1 / 9.4.5 / 8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-12, APSB11-12, APSB11-16) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119076 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Security Update (APSB11-16)).

Upgrading to version 9.4.4 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 11242.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (55421). See 57735, 57734, 57733 and 57732 for similar entries.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 55421
Nessus Name: Adobe Reader < 10.1 / 9.4.5 / 8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-12, APSB11-12, APSB11-16) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 802110
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple BOF Vulnerabilities June-2011 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat 9.4.4
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: TippingPoint
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-2094 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1025658
Vulnerability Center: 31773 - [APSB11-16] Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat \x273difr.x3d\x27 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 48240 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader '3difr.x3d' Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 10/17/2018 08:52
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (72), 10/17/2018 08:52 (13)
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