Adobe Acrobat up to 9.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Adobe Acrobat up to 9.0. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2009-0193. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat up to 9.0 (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. 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:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 before 9.1, 8 before 8.1.4, and 7 before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a malformed JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1061 and CVE-2009-1062.

The weakness was disclosed 03/24/2009 by iDefense Labs with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-0193 since 01/19/2009. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 39906 (openSUSE Security Update : acroread (acroread-689)), 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 165634 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Acroread (SUSE-SA:2009:014)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 22 hours after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49405), Tenable (39906), SecurityFocus (BID 34229†), Secunia (SA34392†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021892†). The entries VDB-3931, VDB-47279, VDB-47278 and VDB-47277 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 39906
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : acroread (acroread-689)
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OpenVAS ID: 63853
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200904-17 (acroread)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: iDefense Labs
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0193 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0193
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47272

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X-Force: 49405
SecurityFocus: 34229 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader JBIG2 Image Processing Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34392
SecurityTracker: 1021892
Vulnerability Center: 21690 - [APSB09-04] Adobe Acrobat Reader JBIG2 Symbol Dictionary Segment Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1019

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 10/16/2018 08:53
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (74), 10/16/2018 08:53 (15)
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