Adobe Acrobat up to 10.1 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. 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:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3.1, 9.x before 9.4.6, and 10.x before 10.1.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2433 and CVE-2011-2437.

The weakness was released 09/15/2011 with Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2434 since 06/06/2011. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56197 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.1 / 9.4.6 / 8.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-21, APSB11-24)), 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 119594 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSB11-24)).

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 24085.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (56197). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 4415, 59957, 58504 and 58503.

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

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Nessus ID: 56197
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.1 / 9.4.6 / 8.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-21, APSB11-24)
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OpenVAS ID: 70746
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: acroread9
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat 9.4.4
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2434 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 33218 - [APSB11-24] Adobe Acrobat and Reader Unspecified Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2011-2434), Medium
SecurityFocus: 49577 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2011-2434 Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/20/2021 07:40
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (71), 10/17/2018 08:56 (10), 11/20/2021 07:40 (3)
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