Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin up to 7.x memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin up to 7.x. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2007-0046. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin up to 7.x (Document Reader Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Double free vulnerability in the Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin before 8.0.0, as used in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing an error via a javascript: URI call to document.write in the (1) FDF, (2) XML, or (3) XFDF AJAX request parameters.

The weakness was presented 01/03/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at wisec.it. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-0046. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40798 (Adobe Acrobat < 6.0.6 / 7.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115490 (Adobe Reader Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (APBS07-01)).

Upgrading to version 8.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4977.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31272), Tenable (40798), Secunia (SA24533†), SecurityTracker (ID 1017469†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-13834†). See VDB-2793, VDB-2814, VDB-34229 and VDB-34227 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 40798
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 6.0.6 / 7.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 850062
OpenVAS Name: SurgeMail SurgeWeb Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader Plugin 8.0.0
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03/12/2015 +2986 days 🔍
02/03/2025 +3616 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: wisec.it
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-0046 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0046
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34228

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X-Force: 31272
Secunia: 24533
SecurityTracker: 1017469
Vulnerability Center: 13834 - Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin Remote Code Execution, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 02/03/2025 07:38
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (67), 06/07/2019 15:42 (6), 01/12/2025 05:26 (18), 02/03/2025 07:38 (1)
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