Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2009-0928. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0 (Document Reader Software). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat Reader and Acrobat Professional 7.1.0, 8.1.3, 9.0.0, and other versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file containing a JBIG2 stream with a size inconsistency related to an unspecified table.

The weakness was disclosed 03/24/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-0928. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40803 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165634 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Acroread (SUSE-SA:2009:014)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49406), Tenable (40803), SecurityFocus (BID 34229†), Secunia (SA34706†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-21417†). The entries VDB-3931, VDB-47279, VDB-47278 and VDB-47272 are pretty similar. 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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Nessus ID: 40803
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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: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0928 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0928
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47277
X-Force: 49406
SecurityFocus: 34229
Secunia: 34706
Vulnerability Center: 21417 - [APSB09-04] Adobe Acrobat Reader and Acrobat Professional JBIG2 Stream Remote Code Execution via Crafted PDF File, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 02/13/2025 00:35
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (38), 04/07/2017 10:45 (20), 08/09/2021 08:07 (2), 08/09/2021 08:11 (7), 08/09/2021 08:15 (2), 02/13/2025 00:35 (23)
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