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9.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Adobe Creative Suite 5 and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Adobe Photoshop 12.0 in Creative Suite 5 (CS5) and 12.1 in Creative Suite 5.1 (CS5.1) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted GIF file.
The weakness was disclosed 08/11/2011 by Francis Provencher with Protek Research Lab (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2131. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/17/2021).
A public exploit has been developed by Francis Provencher and been published 2 weeks after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55815 (Adobe Photoshop CS5 GIF File Memory Corruption (APSB11-22)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12005.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (69120), Tenable (55815) and Exploit-DB (17712). The entries 58294, 58275, 58274 and 58273 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Francis Provencher
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Nessus ID: 55815
Nessus Name: Adobe Photoshop CS5 GIF File Memory Corruption (APSB11-22)
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OpenVAS ID: 902618
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Photoshop .GIF File Processing Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Francis Provencher
Organization: Protek Research Lab
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-2131 (🔍)
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X-Force: 69120
Vulnerability Center: 32711 - [APSB11-22] Adobe Photoshop 12.0 and 12.1 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability via Crafted GIF File, Critical
SecurityFocus: 49106 - Adobe Photoshop '.GIF' File Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 11/17/2021 20:06
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 03/29/2017 18:21 (20), 11/17/2021 19:59 (3), 11/17/2021 20:06 (1)
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