Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.5/10.1.2 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.5/10.1.2. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2011-4371. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.5/10.1.2 (Document Reader Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation 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. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 9.5, and 10.x before 10.1.2, on Windows and Mac OS X allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 01/10/2012 by Billy Rios with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is available at adobe.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-4371 since 11/04/2011. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57483 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.2 / 9.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-01)), 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 119838 (Adobe Acrobat and Reader Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (APSB12-01)).

Upgrading to version 9.5 or 10.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at adobe.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11993.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72255), Tenable (57483), SecurityFocus (BID 51351†), OSVDB (78246†) and Secunia (SA45852†). See VDB-4540, VDB-4539 and VDB-4537 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Private
Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 57483
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.2 / 9.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB12-01)
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OpenVAS ID: 802559
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities - MAC OS X
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.5/10.1.2
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Billy Rios
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-4371 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-4371
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4538

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X-Force: 72255
SecurityFocus: 51351 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader (CVE-2011-4371) Heap Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 45852 - Adobe Reader/Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 78246 - Adobe Reader/Acrobat Unspecified Heap Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1026496 - Adobe Acrobat/Reader Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 34198 - [APSB12-01] Adobe Reader and Acrobat on Windows and Mac OS X Remote Heap Memory Corruption, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2012 01:00
Updated: 03/20/2021 13:11
Changes: 01/21/2012 01:00 (52), 04/07/2017 10:45 (31), 03/20/2021 13:09 (7), 03/20/2021 13:11 (1)
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