Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.5.4/10.1.6/11.0.02 Input Sanitizer memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.5.4/10.1.6/11.0.02 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Input Sanitizer. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-3346. In addition, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.5.4/10.1.6/11.0.02 (Document Reader Software). Affected is an unknown code of the component Input Sanitizer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before 10.1.7, and 11.x before 11.0.03 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-2718, CVE-2013-2719, CVE-2013-2720, CVE-2013-2721, CVE-2013-2722, CVE-2013-2723, CVE-2013-2725, CVE-2013-2726, CVE-2013-2731, CVE-2013-2732, CVE-2013-2734, CVE-2013-2735, CVE-2013-2736, CVE-2013-3337, CVE-2013-3338, CVE-2013-3339, CVE-2013-3340, and CVE-2013-3341.

The weakness was presented 08/08/2013 by Soroush Dalili as APSB13-15 as not defined advisory (Website) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is available at adobe.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-3346 since 05/06/2013. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69901 (GLSA-201309-10 : Adobe Reader: Arbitrary Code Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121176 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB13-15)). This issue was added on 03/03/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 03/24/2022:

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Upgrading to version 11.0.03 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 13473.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (30394), Tenable (69901), SecurityFocus (BID 62149†), OSVDB (96745†) and Secunia (SA54858†). See VDB-7983, VDB-7984, VDB-8694 and VDB-8697 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 69901
Nessus Name: GLSA-201309-10 : Adobe Reader: Arbitrary Code Execution
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OpenVAS ID: 803418
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities -01 May13 (Windows)
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MetaSploit ID: adobe_toolbutton.rb
MetaSploit Name: Adobe Reader ToolButton Use After Free
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 11.0.03
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB13-15
Researcher: Soroush Dalili
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3346 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3346
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10098

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SecurityFocus: 62149
Secunia: 54858 - Gentoo update for acroread, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 96745
Vulnerability Center: 41063 - [APSB13-15] Adobe Reader 9 - 11.0.02 Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption (CVE-2013-3346), Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2013 14:24
Updated: 04/22/2026 14:47
Changes: 09/03/2013 14:24 (80), 10/15/2018 06:37 (13), 04/23/2024 09:41 (25), 07/24/2024 16:40 (20), 09/09/2024 22:29 (2), 12/27/2024 01:42 (4), 02/04/2025 23:38 (11), 06/15/2025 07:02 (3), 04/22/2026 14:47 (10)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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