Adobe Acrobat up to 9.1.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0511. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Acrobat (Document Reader Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the JBIG2 filter in Adobe Reader 7 and Acrobat 7 before 7.1.3, Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8 before 8.1.6, and Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 before 9.1.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0510, CVE-2009-0512, CVE-2009-0888, and CVE-2009-0889.

The weakness was shared 06/11/2009 by Security Team (TippingPoint) with Apple Product Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-0511 since 02/09/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40805 (Adobe Acrobat < 9.1.2 / 8.1.6 / 7.1.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165648 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Acrobat Reader (SUSE-SA:2009:035)).

Upgrading to version 7.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49241), Tenable (40805), SecurityFocus (BID 35274†), Secunia (SA34580†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022361†). The entries VDB-48570, VDB-48569, VDB-48568 and VDB-48567 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 40805
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 9.1.2 / 8.1.6 / 7.1.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 800586
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader Multiple BOF Vulnerabilities - Jun09 (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat 7.0.4
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Security Team (TippingPoint)
Organization: Apple Product Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0511 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0511
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48559

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X-Force: 49241
SecurityFocus: 35274 - Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.1 and Prior Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34580
SecurityTracker: 1022361
Vulnerability Center: 22547 - [APSB09-07] Adobe Reader and Acrobat before 9.1.2 JBIG2 Heap-Based Buffer Overflow [4], Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1547

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 10/16/2018 08:54
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (73), 10/16/2018 08:54 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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