VDB-132 · BID 8069 · GCVE-100-132

Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.x WWWLaunchNetscape memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.x. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function WWWLaunchNetscape. The manipulation results in memory corruption. The attacker must have access to the local network to execute the attack. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.x (Document Reader Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function WWWLaunchNetscape. 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.

The weakness was disclosed 07/01/2003 by Mcbethh with sec-labs Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.netsys.com. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at lists.netsys.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at adobe.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 8069†). The entry VDB-20665 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: adobe.com

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: lists.netsys.com
Researcher: Mcbethh
Organization: sec-labs Team
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-132
SecurityFocus: 8069
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com

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

Created: 07/01/2003 02:00
Updated: 04/07/2017 10:45
Changes: 07/01/2003 02:00 (56), 04/07/2017 10:45 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:88B:103

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