Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.3.4 Smart Independent Glyphlets CoolType.dll uniqueName memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader and classified as very critical. The affected element is an unknown function in the library CoolType.dll of the component Smart Independent Glyphlets. The manipulation of the argument uniqueName leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-2883. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part in the library CoolType.dll of the component Smart Independent Glyphlets. The manipulation of the argument uniqueName with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in CoolType.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4, and 8.x before 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF document with a long field in a Smart INdependent Glyphlets (SING) table in a TTF font, as exploited in the wild in September 2010. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was published 09/08/2010 with 0-day (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-2883 since 07/27/2010. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a exploit are known.

It is declared as attacked. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75419 (openSUSE Security Update : acroread (openSUSE-SU-2010:0706-1)), 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 165612 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update acroread (SUSE-SA:2010:048)). The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 06/08/2022 with a due date of 06/22/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10465.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Zero-Day.cz (90), Tenable (75419), SecurityFocus (BID 43057†), OSVDB (67849†) and Secunia (SA41340†). Similar entries are available at VDB-54940, VDB-54936, VDB-54935 and VDB-54934. 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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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 75419
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : acroread (openSUSE-SU-2010:0706-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 801515
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Acrobat and Reader SING uniqueName Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Win)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/adobe_reader_cooltype
Saint Name: Adobe Reader CoolType.dll buffer overflow

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MetaSploit ID: adobe_cooltype_sing.rb
MetaSploit Name: Adobe CoolType SING Table uniqueName Stack Buffer Overflow
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Patch: adobe.com
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Organization: 0-day
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2883 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2883
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4175

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X-Force: 61635
SecurityFocus: 43057
Secunia: 41340 - Adobe Reader / Acrobat SING "uniqueName" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 67849
Vulnerability Center: 27090 - [APSB10-21] Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.4 and earlier CoolType.DLL Stack-Based Buffer Overflow, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2010-2331

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

Created: 09/17/2010 02:00
Updated: 02/04/2025 23:22
Changes: 09/17/2010 02:00 (58), 04/07/2017 10:45 (41), 03/18/2021 10:27 (1), 03/18/2021 10:33 (7), 03/18/2021 10:36 (2), 03/18/2021 10:42 (1), 04/26/2024 20:03 (24), 06/28/2024 21:18 (12), 07/17/2024 17:44 (2), 09/09/2024 22:30 (1), 01/26/2025 05:53 (3), 02/04/2025 23:22 (11)
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