Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 9.0 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-1062. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 before 9.1, 8 before 8.1.4, and 7 before 7.1.1 might allow remote attackers to trigger memory corruption and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors related to JBIG2, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0193 and CVE-2009-1061.

The weakness was shared 03/24/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-1062. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 (49407), Tenable (40803), SecurityFocus (BID 34229†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-21692†). The entries VDB-3931, VDB-47278, VDB-47277 and VDB-47272 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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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: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-1062 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1062
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47279
X-Force: 49407
SecurityFocus: 34229
Vulnerability Center: 21692 - [APSB09-04] Adobe Acrobat Reader JBIG2 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 08/09/2021 08:28
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (38), 04/07/2017 10:45 (18), 08/09/2021 08:24 (3), 08/09/2021 08:25 (7), 08/09/2021 08:28 (2)
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