Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.1 printSepsWithParams resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.1. This impacts the function printSepsWithParams. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2008-0667. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.1 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function printSepsWithParams. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The DOC.print function in the Adobe JavaScript API, as used by Adobe Acrobat and Reader before 8.1.2, allows remote attackers to configure silent non-interactive printing, and trigger the printing of an arbitrary number of copies of a document. NOTE: this issue might be subsumed by CVE-2008-0655.

The weakness was published 02/06/2008 by Paul Craig with ZDI (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0667 since 02/11/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.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 40800 (Adobe Acrobat < 8.1.2 / 7.1.0 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 165670 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Acrobat Reader (SUSE-SA:2008:009)).

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. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (40800), SecurityFocus (BID 27641†) and Secunia (SA28802†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3523, VDB-3593, VDB-3592 and VDB-3594. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 40800
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 8.1.2 / 7.1.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 850034
OpenVAS Name: SurgeMail SurgeWeb Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: adobe.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Paul Craig
Organization: ZDI
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-0667 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0667
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3595

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SecurityFocus: 27641 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader Multiple Arbitrary Code Execution and Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28802 - Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-0425

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 02/18/2008 09:57
Updated: 10/18/2018 07:28
Changes: 02/18/2008 09:57 (80), 10/18/2018 07:28 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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