Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 7.0 ActiveX Control memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 7.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ActiveX Control. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-6236. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 7.0 (Document Reader Software). This affects an unknown functionality of the component ActiveX Control. 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 summary by CVE is:

Adobe Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader) 7.0 through 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument string to the (1) src, (2) setPageMode, (3) setLayoutMode, and (4) setNamedDest methods in an AcroPDF ActiveX control, a different set of vectors than CVE-2006-6027.

The weakness was presented 12/03/2006 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-6236 since 12/03/2006. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23776 (Adobe Reader < 8.0 AcroPDF ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 115486 (Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB06-20)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30574), Exploit-DB (3040), Tenable (23776), SecurityFocus (BID 21338†) and Secunia (SA23138†). See VDB-2713 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 23776
Nessus Name: Adobe Reader < 8.0 AcroPDF ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801525
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities Dec06 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/04/2006 +1 days 🔍
12/06/2006 +2 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6236 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6236
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33573
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X-Force: 30574 - Adobe Reader and Acrobat AcroPDF.dll code execution
SecurityFocus: 21338 - Adobe Reader and Acrobat AcroPDF.dll ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23138 - Adobe Reader / Acrobat AcroPDF ActiveX Control Bugs, Not Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-4751

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 01/18/2025 12:54
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (72), 10/15/2018 06:43 (11), 08/14/2024 21:44 (22), 01/18/2025 12:54 (1)
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