Adobe Acrobat Reader 8/9 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader 8/9. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2010-0190. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader 8/9 (Document Reader Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.2, and 8.x before 8.2.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 04/14/2010 with Adobe (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0190 since 01/06/2010. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45600 (openSUSE Security Update : acroread (openSUSE-SU-2010:0137-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165590 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update acroread (SUSE-SA:2010:022)).

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 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9708.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (57698), Tenable (45600), SecurityFocus (BID 39329†), OSVDB (63751†) and Secunia (SA39272†). See VDB-52767, VDB-52766, VDB-52765 and VDB-52764 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 45600
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : acroread (openSUSE-SU-2010:0137-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 902162
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat and Reader PDF Handling Multiple Vulnerabilities (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: adobe.com
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Organization: Adobe
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0190 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0190
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4108

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X-Force: 57698
SecurityFocus: 39329
Secunia: 39272 - Adobe Reader / Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 63751 - Adobe Reader / Acrobat Unspecified XSS
Vulnerability Center: 25434 - [APSB10-09] Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8-8.2.1 and 9-9.3.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-0873

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2010 02:00
Updated: 03/17/2021 19:21
Changes: 04/19/2010 02:00 (86), 04/29/2018 00:05 (7), 03/17/2021 19:21 (4)
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